Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Cake Mix
Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Cake Mix is the perfect dessert to impress friends and family. It looks fancy but is so simple to make and tastes delicious.
Servings: 16
Calories: 345kcal
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 20 oz pineapple slices in juice drained, juice reserved
- 6 oz maraschino cherries without stems drained
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Instructions
- 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, 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.
- Make cake batter as directed on box, substituting pineapple juice mixture for the water.
- Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.
- Bake 40-50 minutes 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.
Nutrition
Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 266mg | Potassium: 74mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 114IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 91mg | Iron: 1mg
