Upside Down Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
Apple Variation
3 apples, peeled and sliced
Peach Variation
1 (20 ounce) can peach slices, drained
Pineapple Variation
pineapple ring
glace cherries, to place in pineapple ring holes
Rhubarb Variation
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 cups rhubarb, diced

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Melt butter in 8\" square baking pan and sprinkle with sugar. Cover with one of the variations.
Set aside.
Cream shortening and sugar thoroughly, add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
Blend together the flour, baking powder and salt and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
Beat well after each addition.
Pour batter over fruit variation of choice.
Bake for 40 to 50 minutes.
Invert at once on a serving plate being careful not to burn yourself.
Best served warm.