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Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

This classic favorite has made a comeback, and it's easier than ever to make when using a cake mix. 

Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

BettyCrocker Recipe by BettyCrocker

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Prep Time

15min

Total Time

1hr50min

Servings

12servings

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Ingredients

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

Directions

  1. 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.

  2. Add enough water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 1 1/4 cups. Make cake batter as directed on box, substituting pineapple juice mixture for the water. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.

  3. Bake 40 to 45 minutes (42 to 48 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. 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. Serve warm or cool. Store covered in refrigerator.

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Tips & Notes

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):

    No change.

  • Substitution

    SuperMoist® butter recipe yellow or white cake mix can also be used to make this popular cake. Make cake batter as directed on box, using reserved pineapple juice as part of the total water measurement.

  • Special Touch

    Serve with sweetened whipped cream or an 8-oz container of frozen (thawed) whipped topping (3 cups) if desired. For 3 cups of sweetened whipped cream, in chilled medium bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups whipping cream and 2 tablespoons granulated sugar with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Serving:
  • 390
  • 15g (Saturated Fat 5g, Trans Fat 1g)
  • 65mg
  • 330mg
  • 62g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 46g)
  • 3g
  • Percent Daily Value*:
  • 4%
  • 4%
  • 10%
  • 8%
  • Exchanges:
  • 3
  • 3
  • 1
  • Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 4

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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star 1/2/10 by dcoy1

Everyone loved this cake! It was easy and super moist.

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star 1/2/10 by dcoy1

Everyone loved this cake! It was easy and super moist.

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star 1/1/10 by 11126

My son in-laws favorite cake is pineapple upside down cake so I made this for him on his birthday 26th of December and everyone loved it!! Great!!!!

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star 12/26/09 by emmycooks

This recipe is super easy to make and tastes great! even better with whipped cream

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star 11/10/09 by missbhaven1968

I thought I was the only one who knew the secret...adding the pineapple juice to the mix! I get requests for this all the time and everyone thinks I slaved in the kitchen all day! Who am I to agrue with tummy-happy freinds! Only thing I would suggest different is using a cast iron skillet if you can, for some reason it just tastes better and looks fab!

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star 10/24/09 by lfhpueblo

After viewing this recipe I wish I had pineapple and the cherries in my house right now so I could make it.
Ahh well, maybe next weekend!

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star 10/22/09 by BONNIEJAX

I've been making this for years! It's always the same, its easy !but people ooooo and ah about it!
Whipped cream is a must!

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