Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Total time: 1 Hour
Topping
- 2 tablespoon butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 can pineapple slices, drained
- 3 maraschino cherries, halved
Cake
- 1 cup fonio flour
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- ½ cup buttermilk
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray a medium size pan.
- In a saucepan, melt 2 tablespoon butter. Stir in ½ brown sugar.
- Pour mixture into the pan.
- Arrange pineapple slices on top of mixture, and place a cup cherry, cut side, in center of each. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix fonio flour xanthan gum, cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
- In a bowl beat butter brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs 1 at the time, stir vanilla and buttermilk.
- Pour mixture into the pan. Place pan on foil cookie sheet.
- Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool span for 30 minutes.
- Turn cookie sheet upside down to release cake.
- Serve warm.
