It's my Birthday! Cake edition: Take 2

Last week I posted a blog about my birthday cake that came out blank, so here it is with words and photos!

My favorite cake is pineapple upside down cake, because it is mostly fruit with a little bit of cake.  We did not have any cherries, therefore I ended up using a banana and strawberries for extra flavor.  I usually make it with gluten free cake so charlie can enjoy it as well, but that back fired on him this year as he had the stomach flu all that day and the next.  We had grand plans for Little Charlie to attend a Christian baseball camp at Desert Christian Academy for the week, but he could not recover and regain his strength in time to really give it his full effort in this desert heat.  He was devastated, needless to say.  Back to the Cake!

Pineapple upside down cake

Pineapple upside down/banana split cake

Ingredients:

4 eggs separated

2 tbsp softened butter

2 cups Pamelas GF baking mix

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup rice milk

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp almond extract

1 mashed ripe banana

1/2 cup chopped strawberries

Topping:

Ingredients

1 tbsp melted butter

1 tbsp brown sugar 

fresh chopped grilled pineapple

splash of real maple syrup

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350º.  Melt butter in 9" square pan and swirl pan around coating up all sides of the pan. Add brown sugar and maple syrup and spread around with a spatula. Evenly lay out pineapple. 

In a super clean bowl whip egg whites into stiff peaks.

Grilled Pineapple

In separate bowl mix dry items with wet then add fruit.

Add whipped egg whites and FOLD in gently until incorporated.

Pour into pan covering pineapple topping.  Bake until toothpick comes out clean, about 25 minutes.  Take out and cool for about 5 minutes before carefully inverting onto a serving tray. Done.

My Opinion:

When I make this cake again next year, I am going to add double the strawberries (or use frozen cherries) and double the banana.  Also the cake wake a little flat for this pan, so I will double the cake batter as well. What's better than this cake?
Double this cake!

Extra fruit

Ready to bake

Whipped egg whites