Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Name: Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters packed brown sugar; 59 milliliters butter or margarine; 170 grams jar maraschino cherries without stems, drained; 20 can pineapple slices in juice, drained, juice reserved; 1 box Betty yellow cake mix

Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 288 calories, 2g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe serves 12. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, butter, 1 can (20 oz) pineapple slices in juice, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F (325F for dark or nonstick pan). In 13x9-inch pan, melt butter in oven.

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Butter

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Oven

Frying Pan

Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar.

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Pineapple Rings

Brown Sugar

Butter

Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice, and arrange remaining cherries around slices; press gently into brown sugar.

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Brown Sugar

Pineapple

Cherries

Add enough water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 1 cup. Make cake batter as directed on box, substituting pineapple juice mixture for the water.

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Pineapple Juice

Water

Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.

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Pineapple

Cherries

Bake 42 to 48 minutes (44 to 53 minutes for dark or nonstick pan) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately run knife around side of pan to loosen cake.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Knife

Frying Pan

Place heatproof serving plate upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake 5 minutes so brown sugar topping can drizzle over cake; remove pan. Cool 30 minutes.

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Brown Sugar

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Frying Pan

Serve warm or cool. Store covered in refrigerator.