Pineapple cake

This is a very beautiful and yummy cake. My husband's colleague got this cake to office for a potluck. He came home and described the cake so nicely that....that I got the recipe and tried it..I got this recipe from food network website, but i split the ingredients to half(that's why the measurements of ingredients sound weird), since the reviews said that it was too much batter for one cake.

INGREDIENTS:
1.5 cups All purpose flour
1.125 cups Sugar
1.5 cups butter, 1/4 cup melted butter.
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
0.125 teaspoon salt
0.625 cups buttermilk
0.75 cups brown sugar
1 can pineapple with juice (well drained)
Reserve 2 table spoons juice for frosting.
Chopped pecans for garnish.

Pineapple butter cream frosting:
1/2 cup butter softened.
2 table spoon pineapple juice reserved.
3.5 cups confectionery sugar.
Beat above ingredients in a large bowl till well combined.

METHOD:
Preheat oven at 350F.
Spray the pan with cooking spray and sprinkle some flour.
In a large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Add eggs at a time. Now add vanilla essence.
In a small bowl take flour+ baking powder+ salt
Add flour mix into egg mix, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and end with flour.
Now comes the fun part:) Spread brown sugar in the cake pan. Pour melted butter (1/4 cup) over the brown sugar evenly. Arrange pineapple slices over the brown sugar.
Pour batter on top of it and bake for 40-45 min.
After baking cool the cake for 10 min, and invert the cake onto a base.
Frost the side with Pineapple butter cream frosting and press chopped pecans on sides.

Dates & walnut cake

This simple cake receipe never goes wrong.....and it is sooooo yummy. Most of the work to be done is at a night before, and next day you will be left with only mixing. I got this receipe from my friend 'Annie'. Thanks Annie:)

Ingredients:

Butter- 2 sticks
Sugar - 1 cup
Sooji- 1 1/2 cups
Eggs - 4
Baking soda - 1 tsp
vanilla extract - 2 tsp
walnut/cashew - i cup
water - 3/4 cup
Milk - 1/4 cup
Maida - 2 tablespoon
dates- 1 1/2 cups

Method:

Roast sooji in a dry pan for 5-10 mins and soak in butter overnight. Chop
dates and add baking soda, soak in 3/4 cup water overnigt. The next
mrng..beat egg yolks and sugar with a lil milk. Add the sooji/butter mixture
slowly untill thoroughly mixed. then beat the egg whites seperately and add
to mixture..dont beat after adding egg white. Slowly mix in chopped nuts and
vanilla and maida flour..mixing lightly with a spoon..Finally add the baking
poder. Butter the cake pan and dust with maida flour. Pour the cake mixture
into the pan and bake at 350F for 45 mins (or till a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake). U can make 2 round cakes.
In case u dont like dates..u can leave it out and add extra 1/2 cup sugar.