Serves: 12 | Prep: 15 min | Cook: 42-45 min | Ready: 1 hr 50 min
1/4 c. butter
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 can (20 oz) pineapple slices in juice,
drained, juice reserved
1 jar (6 oz) maraschino cherries without
stems, drained
1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist Yellow
Cake Mix
1/2 c. coconut oil
3 eggs
1 c. water & reserved juice
*This recipe is very good with fresh pineapple. If you use fresh then add pineapple juice or orange juice to the water added.
**You can substitute Pillsbury Moist Supreme Classic Yellow Cake Mix for the cake mix.
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). In 13×9-inch pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice, and arrange remaining cherries around slices; press gently into brown sugar.
Add enough water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 1 cup. Make cake batter as directed on box, substituting pineapple juice mixture for the water. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.
Bake 42 to 48 minutes (44 to 53 minutes for dark or nonstick pan) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately run knife around side of pan to loosen cake. Place heatproof serving plate upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake 5 minutes so brown sugar topping can drizzle over cake; remove pan. Cool 30 minutes. Serve warm or cool. Store covered in refrigerator.