Cast iron skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Cut remaining slices in half; arrange around inside edge of skillet. After baking and letting it cool for a long period of time, I tried to turn it out onto a plate and the whole thing fell apart -- it looks more like bread pudding with pineapple on it.
Beat remaining ingredients till well blended. Remove from oven and turn onto heat-proof. Gently spoon the batter over the top of the pineapple slices in the cast iron skillet. You can cook Cast iron skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Cast iron skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake
- It's 1 box of butter golden yellow cake mix. Can make homemade cake also.
- Prepare 1 cup of pineapple juice from drained pineapples.
- It's 1 cup of packed brown sugar.
- Prepare 1 can of sliced or chunked pineapple (see note).
- Prepare 1 jar of maraschino cherries drained.
- Prepare 1 stick of butter.
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- Prepare Can of use crushed pineapple but drain well.
Skillet cakes — featuring fruit and sugar in the bottom of a cast iron skilled, topped with cake batter and cooked atop the stove — were common in both Europe and America for centuries. This recipe for the best pineapple upside down cake can be made in a regular cake pan, or like I did here, in a cast iron skillet. It was a total success and the caramel crusty topping that develops from the brown sugar and butter was considerably better than the crust that. Spread brown sugar evenly over bottom of skillet.
Cast iron skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake step by step
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- I use iron skillet but cake pan will do. Round pan will make 2 cakes.
- Place stick of butter in skillet and place in oven to melt butter..
- When melted, sprinkle brown sugar over butter and press down..
- Place pineapple rings in a circle and fill up pan..
- Place cherries in holes in pineapple..
- Mix cake according to box directions but use reserved pineapple juice in place of water..
- Pour cake batter over the top of pineapples evenly..
- Place in preheated oven and bake until golden brown and toothpick inserted comes out clean..
- When cake is done, flip out cake onto a plate or pan that is bigger than the pan..
- Be careful when flipping out of pan. The sugar syrup is very hot and will burn you..
- Let cool and enjoy!.
Arrange pineapple slices in a single layer over brown sugar mixture, and place a cherry in center of each pineapple ring; set skillet aside. Sprinkle pecans over pineapple; set aside. In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Blend in vanilla and reserved pineapple juice. Melt the butter over medium high heat in the iron skillet.