Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe

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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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

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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.

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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.
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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.

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