Ode to Paula Deen.....

This is what I did instead of writing a blog last weekend. Not exactly in that order but that's pretty much what I did.

So, because I really don't want to discuss this picture.....

 

And because Monica told me to via facebook, I'm gonna post my first ever, baked by me (and not a disaster), from scratch Pineapple upside down cake using this recipe. It's from PW's site Tasty Kitchen that I've never used before this cake. Plus I've never made a cake from scratch before, don't get me wrong I've baked tons and tons of cookies but never a cake, I've even made muffins (which are harder to make) from scratch but never a cake. Weird right?

Anyway, last week I bought a jar of cherries. I don't know why I did, other than because I remembered how good they were from when I was little. Then when I got home and opened the jar, they weren't as good as I remembered. So this kind of cake is the only thing that I knew those cherries could be used for. And well here it is.

 

 Sometimes I wish that I could be Paula Deen when I grow up, and spread the joy of butter everywhere. Because butter is good for you, and it's amazing. And when you melt butter with brown sugar you get this...

 

Mmmmm, caramel sauce.....

 

Cherries?

 

More cherries?

 

Oh yeah baby, that's how I like it!

 

Anyway, mix AP flour, almond flour (worth the splurge), baking powder, and salt then transfer it into a bowl and set it aside.

 

Mix eggs, sugar, and of course butter until it looks like this ^

 

Then yogurt, and vanilla and mix again.

 

Then add the flour mix.....

  

Then spread it in the super awesome spring-form pan you bought just for this cake as you think about your spatula.

 
 

And if I just happened for forget my spatula in the pan it would be ok, because it's heatproof up to 450 degrees, sweet right? 

 

In the meantime I stared at, and then washed the daunting counter full of dirty dishes.

 

And ate my ramen with chopsticks, because I'm a badass.

 

After an hour in the oven and a good flipping, this happens.

Total sticks of butter used: 3