PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAMPFIRE CAKE
We make this fun dessert while camping or in the backyard around a fire. It’s very yummy, but the sandwich iron should be opened only by adults to avoid burns.
—Cheryl Grimes, Whiteland, IN
Prep: 10 min. • Cook: 5 min./cake • Makes: 6 servings
- 6 tsp. butter
- 6 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 6 canned pineapple slices
- 6 maraschino cherries
- 6 individual round sponge cakes
- 1. Place 1 tsp. butter in 1 side of sandwich iron. Hold over fire to melt; remove from fire. Carefully sprinkle 1 Tbsp. brown sugar over melted butter. Top with pineapple ring; add cherry to center of pineapple. Top with cake (flat side up); close iron.
- 2. Cook pineapple side down over a hot campfire until brown sugar is melted and cake is heated through, 5-8 minutes. Invert iron to open, and serve the cake on an individual plate.
1 cake: 211 cal., 6g fat (3g sat. fat), 38mg chol., 214mg sod., 39g carb. (32g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g pro.
