Old-Fashioned Pineapple Upside-Down Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 (8 1/4 oz. size) cans sliced pineapple in heavy syrup
1/4 c. butter or margarine
2/3 c. light brown sugar, packed
1/3 c. pecan halves
1 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
3/4 c. granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. shortening
1/2 c. milk
1 egg
1 c. heavy cream, chilled or 1 pt. ice cream

Preparation

Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
Drain pineapple slices; reserve 2 tablespoons of syrup.
In pan, melt butter over medium heat.
Add brown sugar; stir until sugar is melted.
Remove from heat. Arrange 8 pineapple slices on sugar mixture (1 in middle, others overlapping).
Put pecans in middle.
Halve remaining pineapple and arrange on edge; add pecans.