1 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg, beaten
¼ cup melted butter
sliced or crushed pineapple
¼ cup shortening
½ cup sugar
1/3 cup milk
½ cup crumbled brown sugar
maraschino cherries (optional)

Cream sugar and shortening. Add egg and beat until fluffy. Add flour, baking powder and half of the milk. Beat on high speed until well-mixed. Add remaining milk and beat until smooth and fluffy.

Melt butter in a 9-inch round cake pan. Top with brown sugar. Top with pineapple and cherries. Carefully pour batter onto pineapple. Bake at 350° for 35 - 40 minutes. Insert toothpick for doneness.

Remove cake from oven and let it sit for 10 minutes to cool. Invert cake onto a plate so that the pineapple becomes the top of the cake.