First you prepare a cottage pudding batter
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, well beaten
1-1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup milk
Cream butter, add sugar gradually, and add egg. Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add alternately with milk to the first mixture. Hold until pineapple has been prepared.
Upside Down Cake – using above batter
1/4 to 1/2 cup of butter
1 cup brown sugar
pecans or walnuts
drained pineapple slices
whipped cream
Melt 1/4 to 1/2 cup of butter in a heavy frying pan and add 1 cup brown sugar sprinkle with pecan (walnuts) if desired. Put drained pineapple slices close together on sugar, pour above cake batter over the pineapple slices. Bake at 350 about 25 minutes. Serve fruit side up. Garnish with whipped cream, if desired.