Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe is the perfect holiday dessert. The delicious pineapple flavor makes this cake taste amazing. You can easily make this Best Vanilla Cake Recipe but using a cake mix makes this cake even easier.

If you have been searching for the Best Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe, this is the one to make. If you love this cake, try Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes.

Why We Love This Recipe

This cake is made with simple ingredients. The sweet, buttery flavor makes it so delicious. I love to serve with topped with Whipped Cream for even more flavor.

This cake is super moist and baked with a tenderness crumb. Make this cake for your next family gathering for an impressive dessert that everyone will love.

Ingredients

• Unsalted Butter – You can also use margarine
• Brown Sugar – Learn How to Make How to Make Brown Sugar
• Can of Pineapple Slices – Use canned pineapple rings in juice drained. Reserve juice for cake mix. You can use fresh pineapple if you prefer.
• Maraschino Cherries – Use without stems and drain
• Yellow Cake Mix – You will need to add vegetable oil and eggs to the cake mix

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How to Make Pineapple Upside Down Cake

• Step 1 – Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan).

Step 2 – Place the butter in a 13X9 baking dish.  Please it in the oven until the butter is fully melted.  

Step 3 – Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter.

Step 4 – Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar, next place a 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.

Step 5 – Mix cake batter as directed on box, substituting pineapple juice mixture for the water in a large bowl.

Step 6 – Pour batter over pineapple and cherries. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Step 7 – Immediately run knife around side of pan to loosen cake from the pan. Place heatproof serving platter upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over.

• Step 8 – Leave pan over cake 5 minutes so brown sugar topping can drizzle over cake; remove pan. Cool 30 minutes.
• Step 9 – Serve warm or cool and enjoy! 

Expert Tips

• Prepare Baking Dish – There is no need to spray the baking dish with cooking spray. Just melt the butter in the baking dish which will give the cake amazing flavor and helps to easily remove the cake from the pan.
• Cool Cake – Before serving, allow the cake to cook. This also allows for the brown sugar mixture to marinate into the cake for amazing flavor.

What is the Trick to Flipping Pineapple Upside-Down Cake?

• Prepare Area – Make sure that you have an area large enough to flip the cake by sizing it with you empty cake pan. You want the size of the area to be bigger than your cake pan.
• Loosen Cake – After baking the cake, run a knife around the size of the pan to loosen the cake from the sides.
• Place Platter – Place the platter on top of the cake pan. With one hand on top of the platter and the other under the cake pan, flip the pan. It is recommended to use oven mits as the cake pan will be hot.