Pineapple Upside Down Cake - Easy Way

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

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)

Recipe

• 1 melt 1/2 stick margarine in a 9 x 9 baking pan.
• 2 add brown sugar and stir until mixed.
• 3 place canned pineapple slices over mixture.
• 4 if desired, add maraschino cherry half or a nut in the center of the slice.
• 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 bake according to box directions or until it looks done and brown.
• 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 scoop out anything left in pan and add to cake. serve with whipped topping if desired.