Easy Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

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Classic pineapple upside-down cake is one of our family’s favorites—deliciously 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.

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Pineapple cake is always a delicious treat, especially for spring dinners. I like to serve it on Easter after a meal of ham, deviled eggs, Irish Soda Bread, and roasted Brussel sprouts.

I have made this cake for birthdays and served it with whipped cream and ice cream and a cherry on top. It has fruit instead of sugary icing.

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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe

Whenever 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.

Pineapple cake ingredients

Heat butter and brown sugar in a saucepan

Pineapple slices and cherries arrange in a pan over the butter and brown sugar mixture

Easy Pineapple Upside-down cake

Tools:

• Mixing bowl
• Spatula
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Cake pan
• Parchment paper
• Yellowcake mix
• Cake stand
• Saucepan
• Pastry brush

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

This super moist quick pineapple upside-down cake will be a fast favorite since it is easy and delicious. They will be begging for more.

4.67 from 15 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: pineapple upside-down cake, Pineapple upside-down cake recipe, upside-down cake

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 28 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 slices

Calories: 374kcal

Ingredients

• 1 box Yellow cake mix
• 1 Large can of pineapple rings
• 1 can crushed pineapple
• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 jar maraschino cherries pitted

Instructions

• Drain a can of pineapple rings, conserving the liquid.
• Drain a can of crushed pineapple.
• Prepare the cake mix according to the directions, except use the conserved pineapple liquid instead of water.
• Heat butter and brown sugar in a medium saucepan until the butter is melted and the mixture is well combined.
• Using a pastry brush, spread the butter and brown sugar mixture in the bottom of the pans.
• Arrange pineapple rings on top of the brown sugar mixture.

  Use drained crushed pineapple to fill in around the pineapple rings.
• Decorate the pineapple rings with cherries.
• Pour the cake batter gently over the pineapple and cherries.

Equipment

Mixing bowl

Cake pans

Measuring cups

Measuring spoons

Mixing spoon

Large Saucepan

Silicone pastry brush

Notes

Pineapple upside-down cake

This quick pineapple upside-down cake is one of your favorite go-to recipes. 

Please note:

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

Nutrition

Calories: 374kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 381mg | Potassium: 167mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 55g | Vitamin A: 288IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 131mg | Iron: 1mg

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