14. Share something vegan (and delicious, duh!) with a non-vegan.
My friend and co-worker Lisa has somehow lucked out and has become the one work person that I make a birthday cake for every year and take it to work to share. Lisa is a vegetarian, and the everyone else is an omni. In previous years the theme has normally been berries, however this year Lisa was keen to branch out after she heard me mention pineapple upside-down cakes. I really like pineapple upside-down cakes, they are fun! I've made a few in the past, so for this year I settled on a recipe I hadn't tried before (which is always my way), the one from American Vegan Kitchen.
Of course the most important part of a pineapple upside down cake is the syrup and pineapple layer! In this recipe, the holes in the pineapple are stuffed with dried cherries. Then of course you top it with the batter, bake it, and turn it out to reveal a beautifully glazed cake.
When I turned it upside down, the pineapple had migrated to the outer edges leaving the middle of the cake without pineapple. Also,the glaze in the middle stuck to the pan, leaving the top of the cake looking super nekkid! I was able to scoop up the glaze from the pan and patch it back onto the cake, and decorate the middle with my super cook cake decorations that I have had since I was a kid. The recipe calls for four rings of pineapple (which was conveniently how much was in a small tin of rings), but if I made it again I would put a fifth ring in the middle.
All packed up and ready to go to work the next day!
The all important cutting of the cake! Supervised by a watchful Evie.
I was a little worried about the cake, because it seemed to have a lot of baking powder in it. It also seemed a little dry on cutting, though it had been stored in the fridge and I did have to bake it an extra 10 minutes to set it properly. However it all tasted good! And the important thing is that Lisa really liked it, I got a message from her saying she wanted to keep eating it all! So success!
Recipe rating: :)
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On her 13th birthday. <3
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Great-looking cake!
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Deletethat's always such a pleasing cake. I've had the same thing happen too with the migrating pineapple-- next time I'll have to squish everything in (and buy some cherries).
ReplyDeleteLots of pineapple! It looked so nekkid when I tipped it out.
DeleteI love pineapple upside down cake. My mum used to make it a lot when I was a kid. I shall definitely have to try making a vegan version.
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It is such a fun cake.
DeleteHi Susan, would you recommend this book overall? It is one I have my eye on....
ReplyDeleteI haven't used it a lot, but the things I have made have been good.
DeleteOh gosh, I love me some pineapple upside down cake!! I wish you would bake me one for my birthday — Oct 16th. :-)
ReplyDeleteSure thing! Though it might get a little squished on the way over. ;)
DeleteOh gosh, I love me some pineapple upside down cake!! I wish you would bake me one for my birthday — Oct 16th. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe mysterious case of the wandering pineapple rings. You saved the day with the decoration in the center! Lisa is a lucky birthday girl! Evie sure seemed to approve.
ReplyDeleteGizmo was doing that kitty thing that I love with the paws tucked in. <3
What a pretty cake! It turned out so well (despite baking annoyances) =) What a great friend you are.
ReplyDeleteI would love that if someone made it for me for my birthday - what a lucky girl.