Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

18 years ago

For some reason, I've had a hard time logging into GardenWeb these days -- it takes fooooreeeeeveeer to load a page. So I haven't been on very much, lately.

But I had to share these sweeties with you! I had a taste for pineapple upside down cake, but an entire 9x13 pan seemed like just too much in this heat.

So I made pineapple upside down cupcakes, in the jumbo muffin tin. I love them! Even if they do look a bit like perky little pasties....

And one for breakfast!

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I had just enough batter and pineapple rings for a 9x9 pan that is almost as much topping as cake. Now, what to do with a nearly full bottle of maraschino cherries....

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Comments (8)

magothyrivergirl
18 years ago
They look delicious! The cherries will keep almost forever in the fridge! I mix the juice with horseradish & some brown sugar heat slightly until sugar melts, and baste ham slices on the grill. A quick summer dish.
Lars
18 years ago
Those are lovely! I think it's a great idea to make them into cupcakes. I used to make PUDC when I was a pastry chef, but I omitted the cherries, and so I can't help you with the leftovers. I think you can put them in a Tom Collins, however, or a Cherry Lime Ricky. They also show up in fruit cake recipes, I think, although I've never made one.

Lars
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caflowerluver
18 years ago
Perfect serving size. I will have to do that. Thanks for the idea. They look so cute!
Clare
gellchom
18 years ago
Great idea! I will try that next time. I LOVE pineapple upside down cake, and I found a GREAT recipe when I was going so crazy over those yellow cake martinis that I decided I'd better find some other recipe with pineapple, vanilla, and almond flavors (this recipe has almond extract) before I became an alcoholic.

I don't like maraschino cherries, so I used pecan halves instead. Doesn't look quite as cute, but tastes better to me (and no "bleeding" on leftovers).
canarybird01
18 years ago
What a good idea Alison! I haven't had pineapple upside down cake for years but I know I liked it very much.
I must try it your way.

SharonCb
lindac
18 years ago
For a lot of years, pineapple upsidedown cake was my quick, emergency dessert!
I would butter an 8 inch square pan, drain a can of pineapple....either crushed, or tidbits, mix the pineapple with about 1/2 cup brown sugar....mix up one of those Jiffy cake mixes, using pineapple juice for some of the liquid,
pour the pineapple and sugar into the cake pan....add marischino cherry halves if I had them...or pecans if I had them...or not.
Add the cake batter, bake and when ready...cut into squares and top with ice cream or whipped cream.
If I had the ingredients, took me 5 minutes to do! And when the kids were at home I always had dessert...
Linda C
lindac
18 years ago
For a lot of years, pineapple upsidedown cake was my quick, emergency dessert!
I would butter an 8 inch square pan, drain a can of pineapple....either crushed, or tidbits, mix the pineapple with about 1/2 cup brown sugar....mix up one of those Jiffy cake mixes, using pineapple juice for some of the liquid,
pour the pineapple and sugar into the cake pan....add marischino cherry halves if I had them...or pecans if I had them...or not.
Add the cake batter, bake and when ready...cut into squares and top with ice cream or whipped cream.
If I had the ingredients, took me 5 minutes to do! And when the kids were at home I always had dessert...
Linda C
gellchom
18 years ago
lindac, that Jiffy recipe is almost exactly the way my mother made pineapple upside down cake -- hers had pineapple rings on top. It was also the ONLY cake I remember her making.

If Jiffy didn't have animal shortening, that's probably the way I would make it today.