Upside down pudding recipe

Everything went topsy-turvy with Janet Cripps dessert on Come Dine With Me Folkestone and Dover

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 tbsp golden syrup
425g can pineapple rings, drained and juice reserved
Handful of glace cherries and crystallised ginger
110g butter
110g caster sugar
2 eggs
170g self-raising flour
1 tsp ground ginger

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Grease a cake tin and line the bottom with greaseproof paper.
Warm the syrup and spread into the bottom of the tin, then arrange the pineapple, cherries and ginger on the bottom of the tin.
In a bowl beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Mix in the beaten eggs then fold in the flour, ground ginger and 1-2 tablespoons of the pineapple juice, enough to get a soft dropping consistency.
Pour the mixture over the fruit then bake for 45 minutes.
Turn the pudding out onto a serving dish and serve with custard or cream.

Please note this recipe is the contestant's own and has not been tested professionally. Like the Come Dine With Me contestants, you could be creating a culinary delight or dining disaster, so switch on your ovens and be bold.