Comments on: Pineapple Polenta Upside-Down Cake!

By: Sandhan

Sandhan — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:34:30 +0000

Oh… I am ‘cooking up’ life transformations!! I am a life coach not a chef or cook except in my alter ego!! I used to work in the restaurant trade many years ago… I just love food!

The cake was a huge success at the bring a plate party too so thanks for showing me the way by following your guidelines.. we ate it with some cookies and cream ice cream MMM mmmm!!

By: zoe

zoe — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:53:23 +0000

Hi Sandhan,

Oh great, thanks for letting me know. I am anxious to give it a try as well.

It is great to meet you too, I look forward to visiting your blog to see what you are cooking! Zoë

By: Sandhan

Sandhan — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:41:21 +0000

You know what.. it turned out AMAZINGLY well… I made a little one to have for dinner tonight with a friend and we ate it warm with ice-cream and then the larger one is for tomorrow…. I had to improvise and do it by guesswork and eyeball of course as there were no weights for the already cooked amaranth.. but I used your recipe as a guideline and just took a jump into the unknown figuring that that is after all how all recipes are born…!!

great to meet you.. did I say I love your blog.. I am in Australia so your name is not well known to me but I have heard of Andrew Zimmern so you must have some kudos!!

Many thanks for answering so promptly… good to see that other people monitor their blogs AND respond to interaction!

By: zoe

zoe — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:23:59 +0000

Hi Sandhan,

Your Amaranth pudding sounds lovely! Let me know how it goes.

Thanks for the lovely note! Zoë

By: Sandhan

Sandhan — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:00:24 +0000

I found your site by Googling “Pineapple Polenta Upside Down cake”… Great blog..
We used to have this desert when i was in English boarding school… very filling and fattening to keep us all comatose and full I suspect… but i still have a great love of that pudding so thought i’d make something along the same lines for a ‘bring a plate to share’ party I am going to tomorrow.
The thing is cooked some amaranth yesterday and it wasn’t exactly what I was expecting from how I have used it in the past so thought I could add it to a batter with my pineapple instead of polenta… I’m sure it will turn out great using your guidelines…. I’ll let you know.
The amaranth is already cooked but with the addition of butter, sugar, eggs and flour will no doubt do what the polenta does in your recipe.

Finger crossed.

I’m a blogger myself so I know what a great blog should look and feel like and yours gets an A+…

By: John Stacy

John Stacy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:59:48 +0000

Zoe – thanks for sharing the recipe. A few years ago I stopped at hole in the wall BBQ place that served a pineapple upside-down cake made with a pumpkin polenta base. It was amazingly moist and tasty. Alas they had a fire and went out of business before I could get a copy of the recipe. I’ve been trying to recreate it for some time and this recipe has inspired me to try again.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:35:54 +0000

Dear Zoe,

Thanks a bunch for responding, it got me sooo excited!!!

Just one more doubt, we don’t get to buy yellow cornmeal where I live..will normal cornmeal/cornflour do? Will it tamper with the flavor? Thanks.

By: zoe

zoe — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:39:47 +0000

Hi Sharon,

Absolutely, You can bake it in either pan. Just keep an eye on it when baking to make sure you don’t over bake. I’d say to test it after about 15 minutes. It may require more time if it ends up being thicker.

Enjoy! Zoë

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:37:25 +0000

Hi Zoe,

I don’t have individual cake moulds & my oven is a basic model round one..may I use a 9” cake pan or an 8” pan or a 7 cup loaf pan?

Will it work? Would love to try this recipe out, thanks.

By: Beth Plaetz Lori

Beth Plaetz Lori — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:41:45 +0000

Thank you again Zoe for sharing your talents and creativity to make this event happen!!

I just love your site… it so inspires me!