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From Denny: Louisiana is fond of food competitions and New Orleans attracts the top chefs who
are willing to compete for charity events and industry competition too. This tasty recipe competed in a New Orleans Wine and Food Experience competition, developed by Pastry Chef Erin Swanson, Restaurant R’evolution, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the 2014 desserts category silver medal winner. All those lucky tasters were found returning for seconds of this delicious simple cake!
This is the usual easy upside down cake that bakes at 350 degrees F. All you do is sift together the dry ingredients of flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Meanwhile, in a food processor pulse together the macadamia nuts and sugar until you quickly achieve a rough chop as the macadamia nut is a soft nut and easy to chop.
Like any cake just cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy, Add the sugar and nut mixture. Then it's time to add the eggs, one at a time. Finally, add the vanilla extract and scrape the sides of the bowl.
Next, starting first with the dry ingredients, you alternate mixing the dry ingredients with the sour cream until well combined. Put together the butter topping by mixing the melted butter with the brown sugar.
Then it's the fun time of assembly: spray your cake pan with a nonstick vegetable spray. Put a thin layer of the butter topping into the pan. Then you arrange the sliced pineapple on top of the butter topping. (You are assembling the cake in reverse of what you see when it's served.) Pour the cake batter over the pineapple slices. Bake for 15 minutes and then rotate the pan so all cooks evenly. Bake another 10 - 15 minutes or until the top is a nice golden brown.
The easy part? Let this cake cool inside the pan. When cooled, take a knife to loosen the cake from the pan so it will release nicely onto that inverted dinner plate you place over the cake pan for that "thud, plop!" sound every baker enjoys hearing when the cake has released beautifully into one piece. If it didn't release well, don't stress out. As my fun late mother-in-law used to say with a big smile, "No worries; it will all be eaten at our house!" Serve at room temperature with a hot cup of coffee or your favorite hot tea.
To satisfy your foodie curiosity here's what the other medal winners were cooking and the New Orleans restaurants from which they hail are linked so you can go visit and check out their stellar menus:...
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