Regretting Cake

Having a dinner party that night I was getting the meal prepared, had all the steaks and salad ready but nothing yet for dessert, feeling like a Betty Crocker, but with little time left, decided to make an upside down pineapple cake from scratch, getting out a recipe from Good Housekeeping from the rack, reading the fine print, I went right to work, whipping up all the ingredients, for my special dessert, popped it in the oven for 1/2 hour, and when I took it out it looked good and smelled like a flower, all went well as my party progressed, my guests commenting on my dinner as being one of my best, then serving them the pineapple cake they all looked so eager to try, until my best friend took a slice and bit into it with a disappearing smile, then I noticed my other guests with frowns on their faces, so I took a slice myself and tasted the awful bitterness, everyone gulped down their drinks and then drank some more, I as well to get rid of the horrible taste that nauseated me to my core, I apologized and excused myself, and wondered about the awful taste mystery while back in the kitchen, so I reread the ingredients and noticed the one I had used mistakenly, instead of using one cup of sugar I used a cup of baking soda in my haste, and that is why that was the first and last time I made pineapple upside down cake! 8-3-2016