European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Food favorite feast foods for the fourth two classic desserts for a patriotic Celebration by Sharon Hudgins special to stripes my Jinni  is  by the love of and things to ale in nut childhood wrote the chinese author Lin Yutung. An most  wills ,1 Feas been lavish ii you Liv  i surely  americans celebrate the in of their holidays Independence Day. Or Pinic rom Iosco Ecol foods thai have is Sinira Ihil Hnud. Me j word i six lation a St asking me to i i Iii blur popped in o my mind when you wid four i h of july they would be "home.madi.1 ice Cream am pineapple upside Down  since my  i Elk Brill deny in cation special or not with a Large array of desserts tradition held that we a Ives had homemade it it re am on Independence Day accompanied by some kind of Light summer cake. Usually pineapple upside Down or Anjel food. Give a Choice i would vote for pineapple upside Down cite any Lime probably he cause in was so gooey and Rich. Ii you re to ilk to pig out on he fourth you might As Well go whole Hoh. Upside Down cakes the cake baked Over a layer of fruit then inverted so that the Mil is on top have been popular in America and especially in the deep South for Many iterations. In earlier limes these cakes were baked in the oven or even on lop of the stove in Black cast Iron skillets. Modern Cooks usually prefer Standard Glass or aluminium baking pans. Most people think pineapple when you say upside Down fake but several varieties of this easy to make dessert Are equally tasty Gingerbread baked Over Pear halves Orange cake with peaches chocolate cake lopped with apricots spice cake1 baked Over prunes any of these ladled up with chopped nuts Maraschino cherries or chopped candied Ginger. My own recipe Lor pineapple upside Down cake produces a Light summer cake with i Rich lopping of pineapple rings and pecans baked in buttery Brown sugar this recipe makes 12 Large Servings which is usually sufficient or a fourth of july family picnic. Pineapple Pecan upside Down cake Topping 6 Tablespoons a stick Butler 1 i cups dark Brown sugar firmly packed 12 whole pineapple rings a to i cup chopped pecans cake i cup 1 stick butter 1 cup granulated while sugar 2 egg 2 Teaspoons Vanilla extract 2 cups and purpose flour 2 Teaspoons baking powder i Teaspoon Salt 3a cup milk whipped Cream optional Garnish approximately 24 ounces net weight of canned pineapple rings note you Tan bake this take in one 9x13x2-Ini n Slu Etc Ike pan two 8-Inch Square cake pans or two 9-Inch round Iron skillets. If using 2 pans Divide All the ingredients evenly Between them. Tim me even to j50� f. Put 6 Tablespoons of Hulter in the baking pan and set it in the oven to melt the butter. Watch carefully to make sure the butter docs l Brown remove the pan from the oven and Sprinkle the Brown sugar in an even layer Over the melted butter in the pan. Put the pineapple rifles in .1 single layer on top in the Brown sugar placing Ilum As close together As possible fill the centers of the rings and the spaces Between the rings with chopped pecans. Set aside. In a Larfize mixing bowl usin an electric mixer on Low Speed Cream a cup of butter with the White , until the mixture is Fluffy. Add the egg and Vanilla and continue beating on Low Speed until the ingredients Are Well combined. Sift together the Lour Haking powder and Salt. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk to the Builer big mixture while continuing to beat on Low Speed to produce a smooth butter. Plur the cake Batter Over the pineapple rings and smooth the baiter into an even layer. Bake at preheated 350" f. For 40 to 45 minutes until the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out Dean. Let the cake roof in the pan set on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Then place a serving Platler Over the pan and quickly invert the pan and Platler together so that the cake is sitting on the Platter with the pineapple rings on top. Serve warm or a room temperature garnished with whipped Cream if desired. Makes 12 Servings. Patriotism in America is often associated with cod country motherhood and Apple pie but you could surely also add the Flag and the statue of Liberty to that list. This year the Copper Grande Dame is celebrating her 100th year of residence on a Liny new York Island where she has stood As a Symbol of millions of immigrants Hopes and dreams for a Beller life in the United plates. Since the statue of Liberty was a gift from France where she was Chesil cd and built it seems appropriate it observe her Centennial with a classic Apple Jisc Ironi her country of origin. After All the venerable old girl was a French immigrant herself 7drre a Ufi n is a kind of French dppli1 pie or tarte made in a manner similar to an All amerkan upside Down cake. In fact the French claim to have invented almost All Rood recipes except those or chinese Lood and italian ice Cream i doubt Isoif Case would stand up in most culinary inures i be read several differing accounts of the origin of Tyric to Jwj n. About All they can agree on is the fact that this dessert was invented by the latin meters two spinsters who cooked Lor their family s hotel restaurant in the Little town of Lamotte Buvron in the Sologic province of France. Beyond thai there arc All sorts of minor legends explaining the cooking to can be s for tarte latin in addition to the reasons Why its popularity spread thou ghost France. Modern recipes for talc latin vary in the cooking techniques described but the ingredients Are always the same butter sugar and apples covered by a layer of pastry after baking the tart is inverted onto a serving Platter so thai the apples and caramelized sugar Are on top. Out u you be Laski a this French Apple tarte you la see Why i think it deserves a place of Honor alongside that All american Symbol of patriotism Good old Apple pie. Tarte latin French upside Down Apple tarte pastry 1 cup confectioners sugar 1 Tablespoon Brandy or ice water 1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract i Teaspoon freshly grated Lemon Peel a  i cup 1 stick butter Topping 1 Tablespoon Lemon juice Ivy Teaspoons freshly grated Lemon Peel stripes Duguine july 3,1986