Description
This recipe makes a two-layer pineapple upside-down cake using cake mix and canned pineapple.
Ingredients
- 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup flaked coconut
- 1 (8 ounce) can sliced pineapple, drained with juice reserved
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained with juice reserved
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat the bottoms and sides of each 9 inch round cake pan with 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Sprinkle the bottom of each pan with 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
- In one of the pans
- sprinkle coconut over the brown sugar. Lay pineapple rings in a single layer on top of coconut. Place a cherry in the center of each ring. In the other pan
- spread the drained crushed pineapple.
- Mix the cake as directed on package
- but substitute reserved pineapple juice in place of water. Divide batter between the 2 pans. Remember which pan has the pineapple rings in it.
- Bake for 40 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven
- or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool in pans for 20 minutes.
- While the bottoms of the cake pans are still warm to the touch
- invert the layer with the crushed pineapple out onto a serving dish
- then gently invert the layer with the pineapple rings on top of it for a dazzling two layer pineapple upside down cake.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 12