Crushed Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipes

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE III

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13 inch pan and preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Drain crushed pineapple and reserve juice. Combine margarine, brown sugar, pineapple and 2 tablespoons pineapple juice. Spread onto the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Add enough water to remaining juice to make 1 1/3 cup of liquid. Set aside.
• Combine flour and baking powder. Set aside.
• Cream shortening and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat for 1 minute. Add flour mixture alternately with juice, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Pour over pineapple mixture in pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes and then turn out.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE WITH CRUSHED PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (325 for dark or nonstick pan)
• Spray 2 8″x3″ cake pans with non-stick spray and set aside. Open and drain both the pineapple tidbits and crushed pineapple in a colander, reserving 1 cup of juice for the cake mix.
• In a microwave safe bowl or pot on the stove melt butter and add in brown sugar and vanilla. Place on stovetop over low-medium heat and stir for a minute or two until the brown sugar is well incorporated.
• Immediately pour the butter and brown sugar mixture evenly into the bottom of the cake pans.
• Next begin scooping the drained crushed pineapple on top of the brown sugar mixture in the bottom of both cake pans and carefully spread. Top with pineapple tidbits.
• In a large mixing bowl, prepare cake mix as directed on the box. The only exception is that you will use pineapple juice instead of water. Once prepared, pour cake batter evenly into the two cake pans, ensuring all the pineapple is covered.
• Bake in preheated oven for 25-35 minutes or until cakes are a light golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Let cakes cool for 10 minutes in pan on a cooling rack. Next, place a plate or serving platter upside down on top of the cake pan and carefully turn over.
• If desired, garnish the top of the cake with maraschino cherries that have been drained, cut in half, and had stems removed.
• Let cake cool additional 20 minutes on cooling rack before serving or covering for later serving.
• Slice cake, top with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream if desired, and enjoy!

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• For the pineapple: In a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and add the brown sugar. Cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar melts, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and arrange the pineapple slices in the skillet. Fill in the spaces with the crushed pineapple. Set aside.
• For the cake: Meanwhile, combine the cake ingredients in this fashion: In one bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In bowl number 2, combine the milk, vanilla extract and 1/4 cup of the reserved pineapple juice.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the granulated sugar and coconut oil on medium speed until thick and creamy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg. Add half of the flour mixture and mix on low until just combined. Add the milk mixture and stir until just combined. Add the rest of the flour and mix until combined, about 1 minute.
• Pour the batter over the pineapple slices in the skillet and spread evenly. Bake until the top is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted, 25 to 35 minutes, checking after 20 minutes to make sure the top isn't getting too brown. If it is, cover loosely with aluminum foil.
• Let cool for 15 minutes. Cover with a cutting board or large plate and invert the cake. Ta daaaaaaa, you are ready to eat!

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN SKILLET CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Add melted butter to 12-inch cast iron or ovenproof skillet. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange 8 pineapple slices in bottom of skillet. Cut remaining slices in half; arrange around inside edge of skillet. Place 1 cherry in center of each whole and half pineapple slice.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, pineapple juice, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until moistened; beat 2 minutes on high speed. Pour into skillet over fruit.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until cake is golden brown and springs back when touched lightly in center.
• Cool cake in skillet 5 to 10 minutes. Run knife around edge of cake to loosen. Place heatproof plate upside down over skillet; turn plate and skillet over. Remove skillet. Serve cake warm.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN DUMP CAKE

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt 1/2 cup butter; stir in brown sugar. Spread evenly onto bottom of a greased 5-qt. slow cooker. Sprinkle with cherries and pecans; top with pineapple. Sprinkle evenly with dry cake mix. Melt remaining butter; drizzle over top., Cook, covered, on high until fruit mixture is bubbly, about 2 hours. (To avoid scorching, rotate slow-cooker insert a half turn midway through cooking, lifting carefully with oven mitts.), Turn off slow cooker; let stand, uncovered, 30 minutes before serving. If desired, serve with ice cream.

EASY PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• 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. Place 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 42 to 48 minutes (44 to 53 minutes for dark or nonstick pan) 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.

CRUSHED PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray 9x9 square pan with baking spray.
• Melt butter over medium heat in a sauce pan. Add brown sugar.
• Put butter mixture into baking pan.
• Add pineapple on top of brown sugar butter mixture.
• In a separate bowl, beat eggs until lemon colored (about 5 minutes)
• Gradually beat in sugar, 6 tbsp of reserved pineapple juice and vanilla.
• In small bowl, combine dry ingredients.
• Add dry ingredients to wet batter and combine until fully incorporated.
• Pour cake batter over pineapple in baking pan.
• Bake approximately 45 minutes, or until wooden pick thrust into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Immediately turn upside down onto a serving plate, but do not remove pan for a few minutes... this allows the brown sugar/pineapple mixture to run down over the cake.
• Serve warm with whipped cream.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 1/3 cup juice (discard or save remaining juice for another use). Line a 9-in. round baking pan with waxed paper; coat with cooking spray. Spread pineapple over waxed paper; sprinkle with gelatin. , In a large bowl, beat egg substitute and egg white. Beat in the sugar, reserved pineapple juice and vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder; add to egg mixture and mix well. Pour over gelatin. , Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes; invert onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE - EASY WAY

Steps:

• Melt 1/2 stick margarine in a 9 X 9 baking pan.
• Add brown sugar and stir until mixed.
• Place canned pineapple slices over mixture.
• If desired, add maraschino cherry half or a nut in the center of the slice.
• Using the pineapple juice as the liquid, stir up a box of yellow cake mix according to the box directions and pour over all.
• Bake according to box directions or until it looks done and brown.
• Go around the edge with a knife, then place a large platter over the cake and invert so that pineapple slices are on top.
• Scoop out anything left in pan and add to cake. Serve with whipped topping if desired.