So today I tried my hand at making a pineapple upside down cake. I have never made one before because I couldn't remember if I liked them or not, lol. My husband is originally from overseas, and I like to try and introduce him to new foods of our culture here, as vice verse. Currently he is hooked to my sweet potato pies and peach cobbler; however a girl gets tired of eating the same deserts ALL the time, lol. Well it was time to introduce him to something new and today it was Pineapple Upside Down Cake!
Well anyway, as the situation goes most of the time, I did not have a recipe for this cake nor did I feel like looking one up, so I decided to wing it and see how it would turn out.
I had a pretty good idea of what ingredients probably went inside the cake because as we all know you can pretty much see them, lol.
So I proceeded to make the cake, while keeping note of my measurements so in case it turned out well I would be able to share it with all of you. By the way I usually never measure ingredients but I have had to start recently since I started writing this cookbook I am working on.
I knew the cake required yellow cake mix, brown sugar and probably butter to make the topping, as well as pineapples and those maraschiano cherries. (Tip or Note: If your like me and can't justify spending the money on a bottle of those maraschiano cherries which you will rarely use, you can do like me, and just buy a can of fruit cocktail and fish the cherries out of their ;-) you see, lol I am ALWAYS thinking outside the box, lol)
Any who the cake turned out great actually and I found out that I do in fact like Pineapple Upside down cake and so did the rest of the familia. So I am posting the recipe I came up with, along with pictures, using a round 9 in cake pan.
Hope you guys enjoy!
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Ingredients:
1 box of yellow cake mix
1 can of sliced Pineapple (reserve juice from can to the side)
1 jar of maraschino cherries (or can of fruit cocktail, see my note in above post)
2/3 cups of Brown Sugar
4 tbsp of butter
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. First thing you will need to do is make the yellow cake batter as directed on the box. However the liquid that the cake calls for you will want to use the juice that you reserved from your can of pineapples as a substitution for that liquid. (For instance my box cake mix called for 1 1/3 cups of water, and my can of pineapples came with about 3/4 cup of pineapple juice. So I used that juice and mixed in the additional 1/4 cup of water to make one cup and then also added the other 1/3 cup of water) After the cake batter has been prepared, set it aside. Next put the 4tbsps of butter into the 9in cake pan and into the oven to melt, about 3-5 mins. (Keep an eye on the butter though as you do not want it to burn.) Once the butter has melted remove from the oven and add the brown sugar by sprinkling it evenly over the melted butter. (If lumps form be sure to smash them out with a fork.) Now you will need to add the pineapples around the edges and place one in the middle. (I ended up using about 6 slices of pineapple for my pan, but depending on what type of pan you will use that amount may vary.) Next add a maraschino cherry in the wholes of all the pineapples. Once you have completed that step spray the sides of your pan with some of the non-stick cooking spray that has flour added, then pour in your cake batter. Place the cake in the oven and bake. Now as far as time, I originally decided to go with the amount of time that the box called for, but when I went to check it at that 30 mins mark my cake was still jiggly. So I ended up letting it stay in for an additional 20 mins making a total of 50 mins. I would tell you to do the same as I did, start with what your box calls for and if it isn't done (It will be done when you stick a knife in it and it comes out clean.) then leave it in and just keep checking on it every 10 mins until it is done.
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