easy pineapple coconut upside-down cake
This is so quick and tasty. Use the chunks or the rings with cherries, your choice. Maybe make a whipped cream flavored with rum extract. I love cast iron since it can go from on top of burner and right into the oven, but you can make it in a regular pan. Just be careful when melting butter and brown sugar
prep time
15 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
8 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 box duncan hines yellow cake mix
- 3 - eggs
- 1 can 20oz. pineapple chunks
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 stick dark brown sugar
- 1 stick butter salted or unsalted, your choice
How To Make easy pineapple coconut upside-down cake
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Step 1Pre heat oven to 350° Melt the butter in a cast iron skillet, then add the brown sugar and dissolve. Take off heat and place the chunks on the brown sugar. Sprinkle about 1/2 cup over the top. Put aside
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Step 2Now in a strainer over a bowl, drain the pineapple chunks and save the juice
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Step 3Next, in a large bowl, add the cake mix, eggs, oil and mix until smooth.
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Step 4Then take the pineapple juice you saved and measure in a measuring cup up to a cup and use that instead of water. If not enough juice add enough water to equal 1 cup.
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Step 5Add juice (or water) to the mix and then add the coconut. Mix well . Feel free to up the quantity of the coconut up to scant 2 cups. I usued add an overflowing cup. Mix well until coconut is incorporated.
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Step 6Slowly pour the mix over the brown sugar and pineapple in the pan. Carefully place in the oven. Bake about 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
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Step 7When done, loosen the cake and place a large plate over the cake and flip cake onto the pan. Allow it to remain for a few minutes then remove the pan. Serve warm or room temp
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