UPSIDE DOWN RAISIN CARROT CAKE

Ingredients:

  • 1 c. raisins
  • 1 1/2 c. flour
  • 1 can (20 oz.) pineapple slices
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 c. margarine
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 c. granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 c. shred carrots

Instructions:

Drain pineapple, reserve 1/2 cup syrup. Melt 1/4 cup margarine in 10 inch oven proof skillet. Blend in brown sugar, arrange pineapples over sugar mixture and top with 1/2 raisins. Beat remaining 1/4 cup margarine with granulated sugar until fluffy. Beat eggs, vanilla and carrots. Combine dry ingredients. Beat 1/3 dry ingredients into creamed mixture. Beat in 1/2 reserved syrup until blended. Repeat ending.