aem wrote:
> On Oct 3, 8:57 am, Janet Wilder > wrote:
>>
>> I wish I had this lady's recipe but she makes the best pineapple
>> upside own cake. The one "secret" I got from her is that she uses
>> (gasp) Bisquick as part of the flour in the recipe. You might try a
>> search for
>> a pineapple upside down cake recipe with Bisquick as one of the
>> ingredients. I don't think she originated her recipe so you might
>> find it.
>>
> If you're going to do that kind of search I'd suggest also searching
> for <cast iron skillet>. I don't make this cake but the best I had
> as
> a child was always baked in a large cast iron skillet. The
> grandmother who made it would not have been averse to using
> Bisquick,
> but I don't know what she actually did. She didn't use rum (a
> teetotaler, she was) but that idea of Sheldon's sounds good to me.
> - aem

I always use a cast iron skilet for pineapple upside down cake and for
cornbread.