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Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes Recipe

September 27, 2015 by Lisa Pinney

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One of my very favorite cakes to make is my Granny’s Pineapple Upsidedown Cake in an iron skillet!

But when I had some left-over batter the other day, I decided to try my hand with my muffin pan…a most delicious success!

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Mix the brown sugar,butter and pineapples until combined…

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Place a couple TBSP each in each muffin tin…

place a cherry in the center of each…

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Pour batter over the pineapples…

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Bake on 350 degrees 30-35 minutes until toothpick tests clean…

let sit on cooling rack 10 minutes…run a knife around the sides and pop out with a spoon…

Enjoy!

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Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes Recipe

  • Author: Lisa Pinney

Ingredients

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  • 1 box Duncan Hines Pineapple cake mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 2/3 cup butter, room temperature
  • Juice from the can of pineapples
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 16 oz can crushed pineapple , drained and juice reserved
  • 1 cup Brown sugar
  • 1 cup Butter, grated
  • 1 jar Marischino cherries

Instructions

Drain pineapple and reserve juice for cake batter.

Grate butter and add brown sugar and pineapple. Stir till combined.

Place 2 TBSP of pineapple mixture in each muffin tin.

Add a maraschino cherry to the center of each.

Make cake batter by combining cake mix, eggs, butter,milk, reserved pineapple juice and vanilla in your mixing bowl.

Beat on medium speed 3 minutes or so until combined.

Use batter to finish filling each muffin tin.

Bake on 350 degrees 30-35 minutes or until toothpick tests clean.

Let stand on cooling rack 10 minutes. Run knife around each one and pop out with spoon.

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