I was at my desk working on (or at least contemplating) getting some bills paid and filing the stack of papers piled on the edge of my desk. As I sat there feeling more than a bit unmotivated, the phone rang. Susan, my friend and downstairs neighbor, was calling to ask if I could help her with a small writing/publishing project. I replied sure, but that it might have to be tomorrow sometime.
Wise woman that she is, she mentioned that she just happened to have a freshly made pineapple upside-down cake. Warm from the oven. Of course, she had no way of knowing that pineapple upside-down cake is a trigger word for home. In the dessert department, there are any number of trigger words for home that she could have used: lemon ice box pie, fresh apple cake, fried apple pies…yellow cake with homemade caramel frosting. Any one of these would have done it. Needless to say, I postponed paying bills for a visit and a big slice of pineapple upside-down cake.
When I was growing up, my Daddy usually worked the 3-11 shift on Saturday evenings. So, Mama and I had our little Saturday night ritual. She’d make delicious homemade spaghetti, salad, rolls and lemon ice box pie or pineapple upside-down cake for dessert. We’d take our plates into the small den adjacent the kitchen and eat while we watched Perry Mason. I was a mystery fan even back then.
Eventually, I was old enough to date on the weekends but usually preferred a Friday evening date to a Saturday evening one. I enjoyed our Saturday evening Perry Mason time together and our pineapple upside-down cake…
The photo above is from one of my favorite go-to sites: All Recipes!
5 Comments
mlg
Dianne….I have not ever missed a day reading ur fb site, reading a new blog…I love ur pictures…ur recipes. …n … ur family stories….I miss actally being near u…but feel ur love as I daily tap to ur sites…..I know there are more friends just like me….hugs….
Dianne
I miss you too, dear friend! We’re going to have to plan a trip next year!
Nancee Tanner
I enjoyed pineapple upside-down cake too. Mother made it in an iron skillet. Can’t imagine how the cake baked!
Dianne
I like to use an iron skillet also, Nancee! It bakes beautifully and then you can flip it over onto a large round platter. So good!
quilt32
I love pineapple upside-down cake and used to bake it in an iron skillet. Then, I found myself being the referee in disputes between my younger daughter and my husband over who got the gooey side pieces, so for the last 30 plus years I’ve been making it in individual mini loaf-pans so everybody can have the same amount of goo. Delicious any way you bake it.
Lillian