that makes me nostalgic for certain foods? Maybe it's because summer is block party and picnic season, so it was the only time we ever had them. But things like carrot cake, Pineapple Upside Down cake and of course my grandma's bars have been at the forefront of my mind for a while now. Carrot cake was easy to solve, I bought a single piece at the grocery store bakery. Yum!
The Pineapple Upside Down cake seemed an easy solution too, as Safeway sells slices. But it wasn't quite what I remembered from my childhood. Maybe because it was white cake, not yellow?
And of course Grandma's bars. I made them. I didn't cook the sugar mixture long enough, and I didn't put enough lemon juice in the frosting, so they were close, but not quite... I will try them again sometime.
Now there's a Pineapple Upside Down cake in my oven, Betty Crocker's recipe, which means it's probably exactly what my mom made when I was a kid, lol.
Now I just need some of my mom's potato salad and the cheese olive puffs ;)
Not sure how Pineapple Upside Down cake is going to go with our dinner of Chicken Korma, but oh well. Tomorrow is pulled pork sandwiches, it will go just fine with that.
Edited to add: The cake turned out perfectly, G loves it, though I haven't been able to get Isabel to try it due to the pineapple. Maybe tomorrow. Picky bugger, lol.
The pork is in the crock pot. Real simple, chop one onion, throw it in. Add pork roast, season with pepper and garlic power. I add a cup of apple juice for moisture and then 3/4 c of bbq sauce. Several hours on low and the pork will be so tender it will easily pull apart. I like to toast my hamburger bun before I put the pork on it. It reheats well, too.
Next up on the list of things we haven't had for awhile and must have soon: Cornish Pasties. Yum!
