Pineapple Upside-Down Mini-Cakes
Angie McGowan
Updated Jul 31, 2023
Take one classic American dessert recipe, and add a modern touch by serving it as individually sized cakes.
More About This Recipe
- What’s sweeter than pineapple upside-down cake? Adorable mini pineapple upside-down cakes to share with family and friends! With just seven ingredients you can serve up these easy miniature desserts to a crowd. If you’re a baking novice, we’ve got the kitchen-tested cake-baking tips to make you a pro, and this recipe is an excellent place to start.
Pineapple Upside-Down Mini-Cakes
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 3/4 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 cup reserved pineapple juice
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 12 nonstick jumbo muffin cups (3 1/2x1 3/4-inch) with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix melted butter and brown sugar. Spoon and spread about 1 tablespoonful in bottom of each cup. Place 1 pineapple slice in each cup; place 1 cherry in center of each pineapple slice.
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Step2In large bowl, beat cake mix, 1 cup pineapple juice, the oil and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
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Step3Bake 24 to 28 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Run knife around edges of cakes to loosen. Place cookie sheet upside down over each muffin pan; turn cookie sheet and muffin pan over. Remove pan; cool 30 minutes. Serve cakes warm. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
330
Calories
12g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
52g
Total Carbohydrate
36g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Mini Cake
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 19%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 21%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 55mg
- 19%
- Sodium
- 260mg
- 11%
- Potassium
- 110mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 52g
- 17%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 36g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 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; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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