Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Happy New Year

Hello to all my foodie friends and I hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Our New Year show was filmed with two of the best Pit Master Grille Chefs In the South Carolina area.  Mark Busbee and JT Handy one judges BBQ events and the other teaches the art of wood smokin' meats.  They both co-host a radio show called BBQ Shop Talk out of Columbia which is a live show and they talk BBQ the whole time.  If you want to know BBQ then these are the two Chefs to learn from.  When they were on the show they had on the menu some Grille Stuffed pork Chops, smoked with some Apple Wood.  Then we had some Hash Brown Cheese Casserole and some smoked Meat Loaf made with some Cole's Smothin' BBQ Sauce.  Then on the menu for me was some Cole Slaw with Cranberry's and toasted Walnuts and some Roasted Rosemary Sweet Potato's.  Then I made some Pineapple Upside-Down Cake which was made with some Greek vanilla yogurt.  Did you know that the pineapple upside-down cake was invented because Dole made the hole punch machine to cut the pineapple with.  There are a few tasty dishes invented because of the machines.  Any who are you ready for some great Pineapple Upside-Down Cake?

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

1 Box Pineapple Cake Mix
3 Eggs beaten
1/3 Cup Oil
1/3 cup Pineapple Juice, from the can of Pineapple Rings
3/4 cup Water

Mix all ingredients together until well blended.  Set aside.

Butter, 1 stick
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Coconut
1 can of Pineapple rings
1 jar Maraschino Cherries
1 cup Vanilla Greek Yogurt
1/2 cup Brown Sugar



Heat butter and sugar together in a skillet until the sugar is melted.  Arrange the pineapple rings and cherries on top of the sugar and butter.   Then sprinkle the coconut on top of the rings.  Mix the yogurt and brown sugar together and pour on top of the coconut and hen add the cake mixture over the top of the yogurt mix.  Bake in a pre-heated oven on 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until done and tooth pick clean.

I hope that you try this recipe and go yum.  I also want to say have a very Happy New Year.  Eat your greens and Black Eyed Peas, we all need the wealth, health and luck that it can bring.  Please visit my fan page and like, "Cooking With MadJon and Friends".  Watch it on ASTV 95, www.aikenstandard.com.  Happy trails to you until we meet again.  Eileen Hutson, MadJon.  Oh and check out my e-cookbook on ITunes, MadJon Holidays for your new Ipads out there in web land.