This old-fashioned dessert is a long-standing favorite for a reason! Try out this easy pineapple upside down cake recipe and wow your family.
Personally, I love switching things up for dessert. Chocolate cakes are over-done! Making desserts with fruit really sweetens and shakes things up.
No matter the season or the reason, no party is complete without dessert. The trick to making the most out of your celebrations is finding ways to trim your kitchen time so you can enjoy the festivities, without sacrificing quality or flavor in your favorite sweet treats.
Many dessert recipes require multiple time-consuming steps, but using canned fruit can help cut down on prep work and provide you and your guests with a refreshing, delicious treat.
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Easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Ingredients for Easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake:
- 2/3 cup margarine, divided
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 can (20 ounces) Dole Pineapple Slices
- 10 maraschino cherries
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream
Directions for Easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake:
- Heat oven to 350 F.
- In 10-inch cast-iron skillet, melt 1/3 cup margarine. Remove from heat. Add brown sugar and stir until blended.
- Drain pineapple slices; reserve 2 tablespoons syrup. Arrange pineapple slices in sugar mixture. Place cherry in center of each slice.
- Beat remaining 1/3 cup margarine with 1/2 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Blend into creamed mixture alternately with sour cream and reserved pineapple syrup.
- Beat egg whites to soft peaks. Gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar to make stiff meringue. Fold into batter. Pour over pineapple in skillet.
- Bake 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes then invert onto serving plate. Serve warm or cold.
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- ⅔ cup margarine, divided
- ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 can (20 ounces) Dole Pineapple Slices
- 10 maraschino cherries
- ¾ cup granulated sugar, divided
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1¾ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup sour cream
- Heat oven to 350 F.
- In 10-inch cast-iron skillet, melt ⅓ cup margarine. Remove from heat. Add brown sugar and stir until blended.
- Drain pineapple slices; reserve 2 tablespoons syrup. Arrange pineapple slices in sugar mixture. Place cherry in center of each slice.
- Beat remaining ⅓ cup margarine with ½ cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Blend into creamed mixture alternately with sour cream and reserved pineapple syrup.
- Beat egg whites to soft peaks. Gradually beat in remaining ¼ cup granulated sugar to make stiff meringue. Fold into batter. Pour over pineapple in skillet.
- Bake 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes then invert onto serving plate. Serve warm or cold.
This looks so yummy! Also, it’s a pretty cake 😉
Blessings,
Edye | http://gracefulcoffee.wordpress.com
Hi Jennifer, What a beautiful upside-down cake! I always loved these, especially the ones my mother made when I was a child! Thanks for the memories! Blessings, Janet
My mom NEVER made these when I was a kid, ha! But I do have an appreciation for the classics, particularly this one.
Drool! One of the only cakes I truly love! I like that used sour cream in the batter too!
I find that using sour cream makes the cake even more moist… Happy baking!
I love pineapple cake of any kind. Thanks for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday. Pinned and shared!
How do you make if you don’t have cast iron skillet?
I like working with heavier skillets like a cast iron skillet because they distribute the heat better. But you can make it with a regular skillet for sure.
I made this and the batter was thick and did not “pour”, nor did it rise….just looked like a thick ball of dough laying on top! 🙁 What could I have done wrong? Followed all the instructions and didn’t miss any ingredients…
Oh no! I would ask if you used the extra pineapple syrup… and you may need to add a little extra if any extra flour gets into the mix…
Yum! I love pineapple upside down cake!
Thanks for sharing! Yours is beautiful!
Chippy White Cottage Blessings,
Rebecca
For a desert that is mentioned all the time, I can’t believe I’ve never actually had Pineapple Upside-Down cake. I’m pinning this so I can try it.
I love this. If vintage were a desert, this would be it.
Amalia
xo
Pineapple upside down cake always brings me happy memories when I was a kid 🙂 Your cake looks so delicious and yum! Wish I could eat it right now. Thanks for joining us at the Family Joy Blog Link up party. Pinned 🙂 xoxo
I love pineapple upside down cake! Thanks for the recipe!
Yummmmm! I can seriously taste this now and sadly it isn’t right in front of me 😉 Thank you for sharing this with us at Funtastic Friday!
I’m running behind!! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe for this beautiful cake on last week’s What’s for Dinner link up!
This would make a great Easter dessert! Or for any spring celebration really. Pinned and sharing. Thank you for joining us at Family Joy Blog Link-Up Party. I hope you will join our next party starting today at noon EST.
We love Pineapple Upside Down Cake, this looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome recipe with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great week and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
Yummy!!! I remember my Granny making these for me in college.
Thanks for sharing at #bloggerspotlight!!
Yum…brings back memories from my childhood!!
What a beautiful cake! Great recipe! boo@boowrites.com