Pineapple Upside-Down Cupcakes
Jessica Walker
Updated Jul 31, 2023
Everyone loves cupcakes, and no one can resist pineapple upside-down cake. We've found a way to brings these favorites together in a sure-to-please treat.
Pineapple Upside-Down Cupcakes
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 12 maraschino cherries without stems, cut in half
- 3 cans (8 oz) pineapple slices in juice, drained, juice reserved
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 cup reserved pineapple juice
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 24 nonstick regular-size muffin cups (2 3/4x1 1/4-inch) with cooking spray.
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Step2In 1-quart sauce pan, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar. Place about 1 1/4 teaspoons brown sugar mixture in each cup; spread evenly in bottom of cup. Place cherry half cut side up in center of each cup. Cut each pineapple slice into 4 pieces. Place 2 pieces of pineapple around cherry in center; press lightly into mixture.
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Step3In large bowl, beat cake mix, pineapple juice, oil and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
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Step4Bake 19 to 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Run knife around edges of cupcakes to loosen; turn upside-down onto cookie sheet; cool about 20 minutes. Serve warm. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
160
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
26g
Total Carbohydrate
18g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 130mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 18g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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