Day 23 - Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes

Last night my boyfriend and I had a couple of great friends over for dinner, including my #1 fan "Anonymous" also known as Betty! hehe

It was a great success. Rob chopped and cleaned. I cooked and baked.

The menu was as follows:

Appetizer

(Provided by Ms. Fiona)

Assorted Artisan Cheeses and Crackers

Main Courses

Rustic Lemon Onion Chicken

(Recipe from the one and only Melissa D'Arabian)

Individual Potato Gratin

(Also from Melissa D'Arabian)

Dessert

(And today's recipe)

Pineapple Upside-down Cupcakes

Note: These ingredients and directions are gonna be short and to the point. Not a whole lot of thought needs to go into these.

Ingredients:

Cupcake batter, prepared according to box directions

chopped pineapple pieces, canned or fresh

3/4 a stick of butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

Directions:

1. Melt butter and sugar in microwave

2. With a spoon, evenly portion out the brown sugar mixture into the bottom of a greased 12 cup muffin pan

3. Add pieces of pineapple (about 3 or 4) to the bottom on top of the butter sugar mixture

4. Pour in cake batter. First batch I filled to the top, the second I did 2/3 of the way. The fuller one turned out better for me.

5. Bake at 400f for 15 minutes. Check on them as ovens vary.

6. Serve upside-down.. of course. AND ENJOY!

Thanks to everyone who came over last night. Good times!