Topping

¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
½ firmly packed brown sugar
7 canned pineapple slices
Maraschino cherries

Mix melted butter and brown sugar in bowl. Spread on the bottom of a 9" round baking pan. Arrange pineapple slices on bottom of pan, on top of sugar mixture. Place a cherry in the center of each pineapple slice, and then distribute cherries in spaces between pineapple slices.

 Cake

½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
½ cup heavy whipping cream
½ cup pineapple juice (from pineapple slices)
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cloves

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Sift together dry ingredients. Use a spatula to fold in dry ingredients, alternating with whipping cream and pineapple juice. Mix until well blended. Spread batter over pineapple slices. Bake cake for one hour at 350 degrees, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let cake cool for 10 minutes. Run metal spatula around edge of cake to loosen. place a plate on top of the cake pan, and invert cake over serving dish. Remove cake pan. Serve slices of cake with whipped cream.