Pineaapple Upside-Down Cake

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette- Katie Doherty

Categories: cake

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
  • 12 slices pineapple (from 2 14-oz. cans); juice reserved
  • 6 cherries, either maraschino or fresh, stemmed and halved, optional
  • 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
  • 2 eggs

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a 9X13- inch pan, melt 1/2 cup butter in oven. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over melted butter and arrange pineapple slices over brown sugar. Place a cherry half in the center of each pineapple ring.
  3. In a bowl, beat remaining ingredients until smooth; pour batter over fruit.
  4. Bake 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately place a heatproof serving plate upside down over pan and flip both over. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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