Best Iron Skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipes

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE IN IRON SKILLET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Melt butter in iron skillet.
• Sprinkle brown sugar over butter.
• Arrange pineapple slices on top brown sugar/butter.
• Place cherries in center of slices.
• Beat remaining ingredients till well blended.
• Pour over pineapple in skillet and bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and turn onto heat-proof plate.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE (IN A CAST-IRON SKILLET)

Steps:

• 1. pre-heat oven to 350*.
• 2. Melt butter in cast-iron skillet over low heat. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Arrange pineapple slices over sugar mixture. Place cherries in center of each pineapple slice. Sprinkle with nuts.
• 3. Add reserved pineapple juice and 6 oz. can of pineapple juice together to make 1 1/3 cups juice (If not enough, add water). Pour into large mixing bowl. Add cake mix, eggs and oil. Beat at medium speed until well mixed. Pour over fruit in skillet.
• 4. Bake 35-40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes. Carefully loosen edge of cake with knife. Invert onto serving plate.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE IN AN IRON SKILLET

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. To make cake, in large mixing bowl, put the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, 1/2 stick butter, the shortening, milk, eggs, vanilla and reserved pineapple juice. Mix til well combined. Set aside. Melt remaining 1/2 stick butter in 10 to 12 inch iron skillet over medium heat. Swirl to thoroughly coat the skillet.
• 2. Sprinkle brown sugar over the butter, making sure it's evenly distributed. You want the entire surface of the butter to be covered in brown sugar. Don't stir. As soon as the sugar dissolves, put a layer of pineapple slices over the top. If desired, put maraschino cherries in center of pineapple slices.
• 3. Pour batter evenly over pineapple slices. Evenly distribute it over the surface of the pineapple. Gently spread to even out the surface. Bake the cake for 30 to 40 minutes til toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. The cake will be slightly uneven on top, but don't worry. the top will soon be upside down. Get it? Immediately run a knife around the edge of the cake. Then put a cake plate upside down on top of the skillet. Very carefully invert skillet so that the cake is turned upside down onto the cake plate.

IRON SKILLET PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 350 degrees.
• 2. Melt butter in skillet
• a. Sprinkle brown sugar over butter to ¼ inch thick on bottom of skillet.
• b. Place pineapple slices side by side inside pan.
• Place cherries inside the rings of pineapples.
• 3. Mix shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla with electric mixer until smooth.
• 4. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, and pudding.
• 5. Gradually add flour mixture to shortening mixture while alternating milk/juice. Add enough milk to mixture that it has the cake batter consistency or could be somewhat spooned.
• 6. Spoon or pour mixture over pineapples and bake 40-45 minutes until tooth pick come out clean.
• 7. Allow to cool some if going to remove from skillet.