easy upside-down cake

Name: Easy Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) butter, melted; 2/3 cup(s) brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 can(s) pineapple slices or crushed; 10 - maraschino cherries, no stems; 1 - yellow cake mix (with ingredients required on box)

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Jeanne Benavidez

Odessa, TX

Updated on Nov 7, 2011

Since I am not a great baker, I take all of the help I can get when I do decide to bake. This is really an easy and delicious recipe.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 40 Min

method Bake

yield 8 - 10

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, melted
2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 can pineapple slices or crushed
10 - maraschino cherries, no stems
1 - yellow cake mix (with ingredients required on box)

How To Make easy upside-down cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 F

Step 2

Melt the butter and pour in into a 9 x 13 baking dish.
Step 3

Sprinkle the brown sugar over the melted butter.
Step 4

Place the pineapple slices over the brown sugar and place a maraschino cherry in the center of each slice.
Step 5

Mix the cake mix according to the directions except use the pineapple juice and water to reach to amount of water called for in the directions.
Step 6

Pour the cake batter over the pineapple slices and bake according to box directions.
Step 7

When the cake is done, remove from oven and let sit for @ 5 minutes. Place a serving tray or cookie sheet upside down over the cake; Turn the cake upside down so it will come out of the cake pan onto the tray. Let sit for a few minutes then remove the cake pan.
Step 8

OPTION: Replace the pineapple slices and cherries with canned, sliced peaches (drained, making Peach Upside Down Cake.
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