Pudding-glazed Pineapple Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 21 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices in juice
• 1 (3 ounce) box package instant vanilla pudding
• 10 walnut halves
• 10 maraschino cherries, halves
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 1 (3 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup oil

Recipe

• 1 drain pineapple. (reserve juice!).
• 2 combine 1 package of pudding mix and pineapple juice.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 arrange pineapple slices in bottom of 9x13" pan.
• 5 place walnut and/or cherry halves in center of each ring.
• 6 pour pudding and pineapple juice mixture over pineapple rings.
• 7 sprinkle with brown sugar.
• 8 combine cake mix, the other package of instant pudding mix, eggs, water and oil in large mixer bowl.
• 9 blend.
• 10 beat at medium speed on electric mixer for 4 minutes.
• 11 pour over pineapple mixture in pan.
• 12 bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean and cake begins to pull from sides of pan.
• 13 do not underbake!
• 14 cool in pan for 5 minutes.
• 15 invert onto serving platter and let stand 1 minute.
• 16 remove pan.