Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes

I never understood the appeal of an 'upside down' cake of any kind. I mean really, does eating it upside down make it taste any better than if you eat it right side up? The answer: No. 

But regardless, one my guinea pigs officers (who I'll call Tall, Dark and Handsome because he's... well, tall, dark and handsome) absolutely adores pineapple upside down cake so I decided that despite the fact I've never made one, I'd give it a shot.

Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Topping:

4 tablespoons butter

7 tablespoons dark brown sugar

1/2 cup crushed pineapple

6 maraschino cherries, sliced

Batter:

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter

1 egg, separated

1 cup sifted flour

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup pineapple juice

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Topping:

1.) Melt butter in saucepan and add brown sugar. Cook over a low flame until well blended, then stir in crushed pineapple, reserving the juice.

2.) Pour about one teaspoon of this topping into the bottom of each greased muffin cup and add a sliver of red cherry.

Batter:

1.) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2.) Cream the butter, add the sugar and beat until fluffy.

3.) Beat the egg yolk and add.

4.) Sift the flour and baking powder. Add to the buttered sugar mix alternately with the pineapple juice.

5.) Add the vanilla.

6.) Beat the egg white until stiff and fold into the batter.

7.) Pour the batter over the topping and bake for 25 minutes.

8.) Cool and then turn the cupcakes upside down.

Notes:

The batter recipe makes about 12 regular sized cupcakes. The topping, however, I managed to stretch for three batches, though next time, I'll be more generous with the topping. Though the recipe states to add one teaspoon of topping to the cups,  I found that one teaspoon is fairly scarce and more should be added if you're a fan of the topping.

I'm not sure how I feel about this recipe. I found it to be a little difficult to follow and the batter was not the easiest to work with. My mother gives the final product her stamp of approval, but I guess I'll wait and see what my guinea pigs officers say and then make my decision on whether or not to scrap it!