Mom's Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

• Cake
• 1 1/2 cups butter divided
• 6 large eggs separated
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk with pineapple juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar granulated
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
• Toppings
• 1 x pineapple rings
• 1 x maraschino cherries
• 1 x pecan halves
• Syrup
• 2 cups brown sugar, light
• 1/2 cup butter
• 23 cup water
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup, white (karo)

1. Grease 3 cast-iron skillets.
2. Drain pineapple rings, reserving juice.
3. Add all but 1 tablespoon of the juice to the buttermilk to make 1 1/2 cups fluid (equal parts, if possible).
4. Separate eggs; place all the whites in a large bowl, place 3 yolks in one small container, and the other 3 in another.
5. Prepare 3 8-inch cake pans with brown-paper rounds (for bottoms) greased with shortening.
6. Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
7. Soften 1/2 cup butter in a large bowl; add confectioner's sugar and beat until thoroughly mixed.
8. Add 3 egg yolks, one after another, and continue beating.
9. Add vanilla and mix until thoroughly blended, scraping sides with spatula if necessary.
10. Measure flour into a small bowl and stir in baking soda.
11. Add to butter/sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk in 4 steps, beginning and ending with the flour.
12. Sprinkle about 1/2 teaspoon salt on egg whites.
13. Beat until stiff, but not dry.
14. Fold egg whites into batter.
15. TOPPING: Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat; add 1 tablespoon of pineapple juice and the sugar.
16. Add water and Karo and cook at a high, rolling boil for about 3 minutes.
17. Pour equally into prepared cast-iron skillets (about 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick).
18. Place pineapple rings in bottom of each skillet, and in the centers, place a cherry.
19. (Can add pecan halves, too. )
20. Divide batter between pans and bake at 350F (180C).
21. about 30 to 35 minutes, until done.

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Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/moms-pineapple-upside-down-cake-38409 (may not work)