Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Name: Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 48 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 box Yellow cake mix; 1 Large can pineapple rings; 1 can crushed pineapple; 1 stick butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 jar maraschino cherries pitted

by Kippi @ Kippi At Home

12 slices

48 min

Classic pineapple upside-down cake is one of our family’s favorites. Delicious moist fruity pineapple and cherries cake. Just a few simple ingredients and a yellow cake mix make this a quick and easy cake. Topped with ooey gooey brown sugared caramel pineapple goodness it just could not be any more delicious.

I also like to serve my famous Deviled Eggs 🐣 for special spring meals.

pineapple cake with whipped creamPineapple Upside-Down Cake RecipeWhenever I serve my pineapple upside cake, I get recipe requests. So I wanted to share with you the best pineapple upside-down recipe using a yellow cake mix.Before you begin the recipe, I would like to share some helpful tips.Baking tips

Preheat the oven while preparing the cake batter.
When baking upside-down cakes. Cut a parchment liner to fit your pan to ensure your cake turns out of the pan neatly.
Use the pineapple juices from the canned pineapple to replace the water in the cake mix.
Squeeze out the moisture from 1/8 cup canned crushed pineapple to fill in around the pineapple rings and maraschino cherries.
Bake according to your baking dish size.
Use a toothpick inserted in the center if it comes out clean it is finished baking.
Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before turning the cake out of the pan.

Heat butter and brown sugar in a saucepan

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Recipe details

Yield 12 slices
Time spent: Prep time: 20 Minutes Cook time: 28 Minutes Total time: 48 min

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Instructions

Drain can of pineapple rings conserving the liquid.
Drain can of crushed pineapple.
Prepare the cake mix according to directions substituting the water.
Heat butter and brown sugar in a medium saucepan until butter is melted and the mixture well combined.
Using a pastry brush spread butter and brown sugar mixture in the bottom of pans.
Arrange pineapple rings on top of the brown sugar mixture.
Decorate the pineapple rings with cherries.
Pour the cake batter gently over the pineapple and cherries.

Tips

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Please note:
I add a little crushed pineapple to the areas between the pineapple rings.
I like to place 1/8 cup of the crushed pineapple into the cake batter after squeezing out all the moisture.
To ensure the pineapple upside-down cake toppings stays on when you turn it out of the pan I cut a circle of parchment paper to line the bottom of the pan as my first step.

Comments

Sharon on Feb 12, 2021

Is the cake mix a 9X13 size? and is the pan an 8 or 9". That won't work out, correct?

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- DEE CEE on Mar 21, 2021
  
  No , as you would have to use 2 - 8” or 2 - 9” ! To make this recipe you need to use a single pan! I’m going to use my 13x9 pan as I don’t have a round pan that would fit the recipe.
  I read the back of a Pillsbury Traditional Yellow cake mix re: the Baking pans.... I’m going to check on AMAZON for a bigger round pan too...
  
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- DEE CEE on Mar 21, 2021
  
  I’ve been thinking of this and I thought of using my 9” Springform Pan. It is deep and I’m sure I can safely use it for a Pineapple Upside Down cake..
  
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- 13800396 on Mar 22, 2021
  
  This will make a 9x13 or a deep 10” or two 8”.
  
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- Grammy in TN on Mar 22, 2021
  
  Other pan option is two pie pans. I use glass pie pans and never have probs to turn them out onto a serving dish.
  
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- Norma on Mar 22, 2021
  
  I use my large cast-iron skillet. Works perfect.
  
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- Eileen on Mar 22, 2021
  
  I use a cast iron skillet and it works great. My mother and grandmother always made it this way.
  
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- Barbie on Mar 22, 2021
  
  What size cast iron skillet?
  
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- He-Maw Jenkins on Mar 22, 2021
  
  My mom was the queen of this cake & she used a rectangular glass pan. I always used a large glass pie plate.
  
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- Cecelia on Mar 22, 2021
  
  Sharon, just bake the leftover batter in another pan or make cupcakes!!!
  
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- Eileen on Mar 23, 2021
  
  I have a 9 inch and use all the batter with no problems.
  
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- Dorothy Golosov on Mar 24, 2021
  
  How long do you bake it, mine is still jiggly in the middle and it’s been in for45 minutes!
  
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- Martha Macias on Apr 14, 2021
  
  I used my 9 x 13 baking pan and it came out perfect. Delish!! 😋 Thank You for the recipe. My family loved it! I will definitely be making it again.
  
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Suekingsley on Mar 21, 2021

The recipe says prepare the cake mix substituting the water. Substituting the water with what?

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- DEE CEE on Mar 21, 2021
  
  The pineapple juice?
  
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- Tina on Mar 21, 2021
  
  Pineapple juice
  
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- Pinky Thos on Mar 21, 2021
  
  Most likely the pineapple juice
  
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- Peggy on Mar 21, 2021
  
  Yes, the pineapple juice
  
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- Connie Hughes on Mar 22, 2021
  
  The pineapple juice
  
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- Nell Herrero on Mar 22, 2021
  
  The pineapple juice.
  
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- Cecelia on Mar 22, 2021
  
  The reserved pineapple juice.
  
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