[Loch-soilleir] SPAM/Pineapple upside down cake

[Bill Butler]

We were asked to post the receipe for the SPAM/Pineapple upside down cake to the Loch Facebook page, but neither Lessa or I are on Facebook.  But, here it is if anyone wants to post it.
 
William
 
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Teriyaki Spam/Pineapple Upside Down Cake
 
1 can SPAM
1 package dry Teriyaki marinade
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon brown sugar
¼ cup butter
I can sliced pineapple, drained with the juice reserved
1 jar maraschino cherries
1 box yellow cake mix
Oil and eggs as required for the cake mix
 
Cut the SPAM into 16 slices.  Mix the Teriyaki marinade and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar per the marinade
package direction.  Put the sliced SPAM
in a plastic ziplock bag and pour the marinade over it.  Marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours, 4
hours maximum.
Preheat oven per the package cake mix direction.  In a 13x9 inch cake pan, melt the butter in
the oven.  Once the butter is melted,
remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle the 1 cup of brown sugar evenly over
the bottom of the pan.   Arrange the pineapple
slices on the bottom of the pan and placed a stemmed cherry in the center of
the pineapple rings.  Arrange the remaining
stemmed cherries around the pineapple rings if desired.  Layer the marinated SPAM slices over the
fruit.
Mix the cake batter as per the direction on the cake mix
box.   Take the pineapple juice and add enough
water to meet the water called for in the cake mix directions.  Pour the cake batter over the SPAM and fruit
in the pan.  You will need to bang the
filled cake pan on the counter to get the batter to fill the spaces under the
SPAM layer
Bake per the cake mix directions.  Remove the cake from the oven and run a knife
around side of the pan to loosen the cake.  Place a heat proof plate over the cake pan and turn the plate and pan
over at the same time.  Leave the pan in
place to let the brown sugar to be absorbed in to the cake for aq minimum of 5
minutes.  Remove the pan.  The cake can be served warm or cold.  
Store covered in the refrigerator.