Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 (8 1/4 ounce) can sliced pineapple
• 6 -10 maraschino cherries, drained
• 1 (9 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 put butter and sugar in 8 inch round micro proof baking dish.
• 2 cook on simmer lo for 2 minutes, or until butter is melted.
• 3 stir and spread evenly in bottom of dish.
• 4 drain pineapple and reserve juice.
• 5 arrange pineapple slices atop brown sugar and butter mixture.
• 6 dot with cherries.
• 7 prepare packaged cake mix according to directions, reducing required liquid by one tablespoon.
• 8 substitute 1/3 cup pineapple juice for part of liquid.
• 9 pour batter carefully into baking dish.
• 10 cook on simmer lo for 4 minutes.
• 11 rotate dish 1/4 turn.
• 12 cook on simmer lo for 3 minutes.
• 13 rotate dish 1/4 again.
• 14 cook on hi for 1 to 2 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 15 cool for 5 minutes.
• 16 invert onto serving plate.
• 17 serve warm or cold, topped with whipped cream.