Pineapple Upside-Down Layer Cake
Annalise Sandberg
Updated Jul 21, 2023
Just when you thought you couldn’t love pineapple upside-down cake any more, we went and added another layer to it (and whipped topping!).
Pineapple Upside-Down Layer Cake
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Servings 10
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 cans (8 oz each) pineapple slices in juice, drained, juice reserved
- 12 maraschino cherries, without stems, drained
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
Whipped Cream Topping
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, if desired
- Additional maraschino cherries, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray bottoms and sides of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray.
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Step2Divide melted butter between pans; spread to completely cover bottoms of pans. Sprinkle 1/4 cup brown sugar evenly over melted butter in each pan. Arrange 6 pineapple slices on brown sugar in each pan. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice. Set aside.
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Step3In large bowl, beat cake mix, oil, eggs and 1 cup reserved pineapple juice with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter between pans; spread evenly.
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Step4Bake 29 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around edges of pans to loosen cakes; carefully remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step5In chilled medium bowl, beat whipping cream, granulated sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Spread 1 cup of the whipped cream on top. Carefully place second cake layer on top. Top with remaining whipped cream, walnuts and additional cherries.
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Step6Refrigerate 30 minutes to firm up before serving. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
470
Calories
22g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
63g
Total Carbohydrate
44g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 470
- Calories from Fat
- 200
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 34%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 48%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 95mg
- 32%
- Sodium
- 360mg
- 15%
- Potassium
- 150mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 63g
- 21%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 44g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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