Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

INGREDIENTS
1/4
cup butter or margarine
1
cup packed brown sugar
1
can (20 oz) pineapple slices in juice, drained, juice reserved (I use 2 cans)
1
jar (6 oz) maraschino cherries without stems, drained
1
box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix (I use French Vanilla Cake)
Vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). In 13x9-inch pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice, and arrange remaining cherries around slices; press gently into brown sugar.

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. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.

Bake 42 to 48 minutes (or what it says on the cake mix box) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately run knife around side of pan to loosen cake. 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 (we usually eat it right away with whipping cream on top!) . Serve warm or cool. Store covered in refrigerator.

1 comment:

Jenni said...

My friend calls this a "show off recipe" because it looks amazing but it is secretly super easy to make!