When I go to a BBQ or party, I like to take something to share. Usually I am asked to bring my Oriental Coleslaw or my delicious meatballs. Both of those recipes are a family favorite and one that I fall back on more times than not. However, sometimes you just need to take a good dessert with you. This recipe for a pineapple upside down cake is not only easy, but a nice break from the standard brownies most people bring to a party or BBQ!
Easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Ingredients
- 1 Yellow cake mix
- Ingredients for yellow cake mix
- 1/4 C Unsalted butter, room temp.
- 1 C Light brown sugar, packed
- 1 can Pineapple slices in juice, reserve juice
- 10 Bing cherries, pitted
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Using a 10 inch springform round pan, melt butter in oven.
- Sprinkle brown sugar over the melted butter. Place sliced pineapple on top of the brown sugar and add the cherries.
- Add water to the pineapple juice to equal 1 cup.
- Place the cake mix in a mixing bowl and follow the directions on the box EXCEPT replace the amount of water the mix requires with the combination of water and juice. Mix well.
- Pour batter over the brown sugar mixture in the cake pan.
- Bake at 350° for 40-48 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and run a knife around the sides of the pan. Loosen the catch on the cake pan and gently lift it away from the cake. Place a plate on top of the cake and flip it over the the top of the cake is the pineapple, cherries and brown sugar.
- Allow the cake to cool for about 2 minutes, then remove the cake pan base so the brown sugar sauce can run down the sides of the cake.
Doesn’t it look delicious?!?
You had me at pineapple! YUM! Thank you so much for sharing this. Looks super easy and I think my family would love it!
I have never made an upside down cake before. This looks so easy that I really need to give it a try!
That looks delicious. It has been a couple years since I have made a cake like that and its is just so good!
looks great! a summer staple cake 🙂 thank you!
I can taste it now….so moist and delicious. Yours turned out so good too. This is def a dessert for a BBQ.
That looks amazing. I have not had one in ages. Your recipe makes me want to bake one this weekend!
Oh my, this dessert looks amazing! I love pineapple upside cake, but can never quite get the hang of baking them myself. Your recipe looks easy enough that I think I can even make it!
Believe it or not, I have never had an upside down pineapple cake. I know, right?! How can I miss out on such a classic? I’ll definitely have to change this and finally have a slice… I wouldn’t mind a slice of yours. Looks absolutely delicious!
It looks absolutely amazing and I love that it can be made with a simple box cake mix! I don’t like complicated recipes. It looks like the perfect dessert for Summer parties and festivities. Looking forward to making it!
This recipe looks easy to do and I’m really excited to follow it. The problem is I have no idea how to make the yellow cake mix. What are the ingredients for the yellow cake mix? Pardon me, my baking journey has only started.
I haven’t had a pineapple upside down cake in such a long time! That does look nice and moist, it’d be perfect for serving at a bbq.
How nostalgic! I remember spending summers at my dad’s in Indiana when I want little. I would always make an upside down pineapple cake on the 4th of July. It was like my little tradition! I miss this
I love cake mix recipes and this also happens to be my husbands favorite cake. My recipe is similar, but I have never used fresh cherries. I can’t wait to try this with fresh cherries. Thank you for sharing.
Me too!! If a recipe has too many steps, I can’t do it! haha!
I love pineapple upsidedown cake! This recipe is so simple that I must try it. Thanks!
I haven’t thought about Pineapple Upside Down Cake in the longest time! I grew up on a farm in rural Iowa and this is one of those things that made an appearance at every potluck there was. In fact, in my mom’s church cookbook, the page with the recipe is one of the most splattered. I may have to make it again, if only for nostalgia’s sake! x