What's Cookin'! - Upside Down Pineapple Cake

With Great British Bake Off in full swing, I felt inspired this week to whack out the mixing bowl, pre-heat the oven, and get to baking! I have this shameful habit of asking for cook books for Christmas and then spending months ogling at the pretty pictures, thinking to myself; yeah I'll make that! But I never actually muster the effort to go through with it. Well, this bad habit is about to change!

Last Christmas I was gifted Lorraine Pascal's 'Home Cooking Made Easy'. I love her cooking shows and can't wait for the latest series to air, which I believe she is currently filming. So I was sifting through the pages and stumbled across a marvellously camp looking upside down pineapple cake. A vintage recipe, replacing the classic Glacé cherries with zingy raspberries.

Here's my creation:

It's not quite as flawless as Lorraine's, a bit rough around the edges. I can't fault the recipe though. The cake was so deeelish my mother and I were fighting over the last slice! Thank you Lorraine, I am now hell bent on creating an upside down fruit cake of every variety!

Top Celebrity Tw-eats

... Dishing up the latest serving of our favourite celebrity chef's eating + tweeting habits!

Here's my most recent collection of celebrity foodie tweets of the past few days.



Now, I know Jessie J doesn't fit the "celebrity chef" criteria but she often Instagrams pictures of her food experiences.

This is Nigella at her best. Super simple food. 

Chef Tom Kerridge of Great British Menu fame is seen here blow torching some scallops.. Poor things..

TheBoyWhoBakes (Aka Edd Kimber) winner of Great British Bake Off 2010, is forever baking sweet treats. A few days ago he made brownie cookies filled with butterscotch butter cream... Calorific yet terrific. He also documented his trip to Pizza Pilgrims in Soho. 

Raymond Blanc has been tucking into brains while questioning the legality of his actions. 

Lorraine Pascal has been feasting on Spanish tapas,and resourcefully having the leftovers for breakfast.

Continuing the Spanish theme, food critic Jay Rayner has also been championing the quality of Spanish ham.

Rachel Khoo has been foraging this week, unsuccessfully judging by the sparsity of that bowl!

And check out this gravity defying strawberry and cream cake. Looks crazy good.

And finally, Thomasina Miers has been making us all jealous by tw-eating about her trip to Italy.