DH Pineapple Upsidedown Cake

I was inspired to make this cake after it featured in an episode of Desperate Housewives.

It turned out perfectly and tasted divine! So seventies!!

Here is the recipe

Ingredients for the topping:

50g softened butter
50g light soft brown sugar
7 pineapple rings in syrup, drained and reserve the syrup
Glace cherries (optional, I don't like these so I left them out, they are only for aesthetic presentation purposes)

Ingredients for the cake:

100g softened butter
100g golden caster sugar
100g self-raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
For the topping, beat the butter and sugar together until creamy
Spread over the base and a quarter of the way up of a 20cm round cake tin.
Arrange the pineapple rings on top, then place the glace cherries in the centres of the rings

For the cake, place the cake ingredients in a bowl along with 2 tablespoons of the pineapple syrup and using an electric whisk, beat to a soft consistency. Spoon into the tin on top of the pineapple and smooth it out so it is level. Bake for 35 minutes and remove from the over and leave it to stand for 5 minutes in its tin. Finally, turn it out onto the serving plate.