Pineapple Upside Down Cake - Easy Way

Name: Pineapple Upside Down Cake - Easy Way
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1 cake, 12 serving(s)
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)

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Recipe by Rutecki Family

This was my Dad's favorite.

READY IN: 45mins

SERVES: 12

YIELD: 1 cake

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

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

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

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