If you are ever in a rush and need to make a quick dessert that doesn’t turn your whole kitchen upside down, then make a pineapple upside down cake where your dessert is the only thing that gets turned upside down. You could choose to make your pineapple cake homemade, but I chose the lazy version of this which is the Duncan Hines box cake mix. I really want to make this recipe from scratch and with fresh pineapples too, but for now this easy go-to recipe will have to do :)
Ingredients:
Cake
- Duncan Hines Pineapple Cake mix
- 1 package (3.4 oz) vanilla instant pudding mix
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup oil
Topping
- 1/2 cup butter ( 1 stick)
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 (20 oz) can pineapple slices
- maraschino cherries
Directions:
Preheat: 350 F
- For the topping, melt the butter in a skillet over low heat
- Remove from heat and stir in the brown sugar
- Spread sugar mixture in bottom of cake pan and then arrange the pineapple slices and cherries to your liking and set aside
- For the cake, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, and oil in a large mixing bowl
- Beat at medium speed and then pour the batter over the pineapples in the cake pan
- Bake for an hour or until toothpick comes out clean
- Invert onto a plate and enjoy :)