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Mom's Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Here's how you make Mom's Pineapple Upside Down Cake
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  • Servings: 9
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 50m
    • The following recipe serves 9 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • PREPARE PAN
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 can (20 ounce) sliced pineapple (juice reserved)
  • 9 maraschino cherries
  • CAKE
  • 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup shortening (butter flavor)
  • 2/3 cup pineapple juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 large egg
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Prepare Pan:

  • Step 2: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put butter in pan and melt in oven, watching carefully. Remove pan and press brown sugar evenly across bottom, followed by pineapple slices.

  • Step 3: Cake:

  • Step 4: In mixer, combine dry ingredients. Add shortening, pineapple juice and vanilla, beating for 2 minutes.

  • Step 5: Add remaining milk and egg, beat for 2 more minutes. Pour over pineappple in pan.

  • Step 6: Bake for 50-60 minutes or until done. Add 10 more minutes for 9 x 13 and 20 more minutes for 11 x 17.

  • Step 7: Can sizes for larger cakes: To figure out how many slices are in a can of sliced pineapple, divide the ounces by 2, i.e. a 20 ounce can has 10 slices.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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