Ingredients:
Topping:
4 tablespoons butter
1⁄2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 (8 ounces) can pineapple slices, preferably in heavy syrup
12 maraschino cherries
Cake:
1 1⁄2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
pinch of nutmeg
2 large eggs
1⁄2 cup pineapple juice (reserved from can)
1⁄2 cup milk
Directions:
In a small pan melt 4 tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Add brown sugar and cinnamon, stir until sugar has melted. Remove from heat. Grease muffin tin (do not use liners).
Break pineapple slices in half and arrange in a muffin tin. The broken halves should over-lap each other within one muffin round. Place cherries in the center hole and sprinkle about a tablespoon of brown sugar mixture over each pineapple and cherry.
Preheat oven to 350°
Cake:
In a large bowl, sift flour and baking powder; set aside. In a medium bowl beat softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir vanilla and nutmeg into butter/sugar mix add eggs and beat well. In a small bowl, combine pineapple juice and milk. Fold wet mixes into the dry in an alternating fashion (between the butter/sugar mix and juice/milk mix).
Stir until it’s just combined — don’t over mix. Pour batter into muffin tin over topping.
Bake for 20 minutes or until cupcake is spongy to the touch. Let cool for 5 minutes and run the edges of cupcakes with a butter knife and carefully lift out and transfer to plate. Or carefully cover the top of cupcakes with a large cookie/baking sheet and flip/invert.
Nutrition Information
Per Serving: (1 cake)
Calories: 107
Calories from fat: 17
Fat: 2g
Saturated Fat: 1g
Cholesterol: 22mg
Sodium: 129mg
Carbohydrates: 20g
Fiber: 0g
Sugar: 12g
Protein: 1g
SmartPoints: 5
credit:Once Upon a Spice