Easy Pineapple Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (18 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)
• 1 1/3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4-1/2 cup butter
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices
• 1 (8 ounce) jar maraschino cherries (optional)
• walnut halves (optional)

Recipe

• 1 follow instructions on cake box for making an oblong single layer cake.
• 2 prepare cake batter and set aside.
• 3 cut up butter in small pieces and place all over the bottom of the oblong pan specified on cake box.
• 4 sprinkle brown sugar generously over the butter.
• 5 place pan on the stove (or in the oven) and heat slowly until butter and sugar melt to a liquid then remove from heat.
• 6 evenly space the pineapple slices around the bottom of pan in the heated sugar and butter.
• 7 place the cherries and nuts between the pineapple slices (tho the cherries and nuts look nice and taste great, they are optional).
• 8 pour cake batter on top of the pineapple/cherry/nut mixture.
• 9 place in oven and bake as directed on cake box.
• 10 as soon as cake is done place a plate over the cake and turn upside down and carefully remove pan.
• 11 if you wait too long the sugar will harden and be difficult to remove.
• 12 note: peaches may be used in place of pineapple.