Pineapple Upside Down Cake - Easy Way

8 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup margarine
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices, drained (reserve liquid)
  • 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries (optional)
  • 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
  • 3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
  • 1/3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
  • water (plus reserved pineapple juice to make the quantity called for by your cake mix)

Directions

  1. 1
    Melt 1/2 stick margarine in a 9 X 9 baking pan.
  2. 2
    Add brown sugar and stir until mixed.
  3. 3
    Place canned pineapple slices over mixture.
  4. 4
    If desired, add maraschino cherry half or a nut in the center of the slice.
  5. 5
    Using the pineapple juice as the liquid, stir up a box of yellow cake mix according to the box directions and pour over all.
  6. 6
    Bake according to box directions or until it looks done and brown.
  7. 7
    Go around the edge with a knife, then place a large platter over the cake and invert so that pineapple slices are on top.
  8. 8
    Scoop out anything left in pan and add to cake. Serve with whipped topping if desired.

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