Best 10 Easy Pineapple Upside Down Donut Cakes Recipes

EASY PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN DONUT CAKES

Steps:

• Using small ramekins a little bit bigger then your donuts, butter or non stick spray the insides. Sprinkle 1-2 tablespoons of brown sugar and 1 tablespoon of butter on the bottom. Add a pineapple ring and place 2 donuts on top press down with a bottom of drinking glass to get the donuts to stick together in the ramekins.
• Bake at 350 degrees until brown sugar is melted and bubbly 15-20 minutes. Invert while hot on a plate.
• Serve when cooled with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

EASY PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). In 13x9-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.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKES

Steps:

• Tear off 4 sheets of nonstick foil. Mound 1 1/2 tablespoons light brown sugar and 1 tablespoon unsalted butter on each sheet. Top each mound with a 1/2-inch-thick pineapple ring and put a maraschino cherry in the middle, then top each with an upside-down shortcake shell. Fold in the sides of the foil and seal to form a packet. Grill over medium-high heat, 12 minutes. To serve, flip the cakes pineapple-side up.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Carefully slice the pineapple rings in half horizontally to make them into thin rings. Set aside.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan, then turn off the heat and whisk in the brown sugar until completely blended. Spoon a tablespoon of the sugar mixture into each well of a nonstick metal doughnut pan, then add a pineapple slice to each, pressing down firmly.
• Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl. Whisk together the buttermilk, oil, vanilla, egg, reserved pineapple juice and 1/4 cup water in a separate medium bowl. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry until fully blended. Pour into a large piping bag or gallon resealable plastic bag, snip the corner to make a 3/4-inch opening and pipe some batter into the doughnut pan, filling each well just shy of the top.
• Put the doughnut pan on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until a toothpick inserted in the doughnuts comes out clean, about 10 minutes. Cool the doughnuts in the pan 5 minutes, then loosen from the pan with an offset spatula and invert onto a cooling rack. Top each doughnut with a cherry and repeat with the remaining batter two more times.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN MINI-CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place 1 teaspoon melted butter in each of 12 ungreased jumbo or large muffin cups. Add 1 tablespoon brown sugar to each muffin cup. Place 1 pineapple slice in each cup; place 1 cherry in center of each pineapple slice.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, 1 cup pineapple juice, the oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until moistened; beat 2 minutes on high speed. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and cakes spring back with touched lightly in center. Cool cakes in cups 5 to 10 minutes.
• Place cookie sheet upside down over each muffin pan; turn cookie sheet and muffin pan over. Remove pan. Serve cakes warm.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN DUMP CAKE

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt 1/2 cup butter; stir in brown sugar. Spread evenly onto bottom of a greased 5-qt. slow cooker. Sprinkle with cherries and pecans; top with pineapple. Sprinkle evenly with dry cake mix. Melt remaining butter; drizzle over top., Cook, covered, on high until fruit mixture is bubbly, about 2 hours. (To avoid scorching, rotate slow-cooker insert a half turn midway through cooking, lifting carefully with oven mitts.), Turn off slow cooker; let stand, uncovered, 30 minutes before serving. If desired, serve with ice cream.

EASY MINI PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 jumbo muffin cups.
• Drain pineapple rings and pour juice into a 2-cup liquid measure. Add water, if needed, to reach 2 cups. Set aside.
• Mix brown sugar and butter in a small bowl with a fork until completely combined. Divide mixture evenly between the prepared muffin cups. Place one pineapple ring in each cup and place a cherry in the center.
• Combine cake mix, reserved pineapple juice-water mixture, oil, and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Mix with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Fill each muffin up 2/3 full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 20 to 24 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and immediately invert onto wire racks to cool.

EASY PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Pour butter into a well-greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Drain pineapple, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Arrange pineapple slices in prepared pan; place a pecan half in the center of each slice. Combine the apricot preserves and reserved pineapple juice; spoon over pineapple slices. , Prepare cake batter according to package directions; pour over pineapple., Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Immediately invert onto a large serving platter. Cool slightly; serve warm.

EASY PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Follow instructions on cake box for making an oblong single layer cake.
• Prepare cake batter and set aside.
• Cut up butter in small pieces and place all over the bottom of the oblong pan specified on cake box.
• Sprinkle brown sugar generously over the butter.
• Place pan on the stove (or in the oven) and heat slowly until butter and sugar melt to a liquid then remove from heat.
• Evenly space the pineapple slices around the bottom of pan in the heated sugar and butter.
• Place the cherries and nuts between the pineapple slices (Tho the cherries and nuts look nice and taste great, they are optional).
• Pour cake batter on top of the pineapple/cherry/nut mixture.
• Place in oven and bake as directed on cake box.
• As soon as cake is done place a plate over the cake and turn upside down and carefully remove pan.
• If you wait too long the sugar will harden and be difficult to remove.
• Note: Peaches may be used in place of pineapple.

EASY PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a 9-inch baking pan in the preheating oven. Remove pan.
• Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter.
• Arrange pineapple chunks in a single layer over the butter and brown sugar, then sprinkle with pecans; set aside.
• Beat biscuit baking mix, white sugar, milk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and egg together in a large bowl on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly.
• Increase mixer speed to medium and continue beating until batter is smooth, about 4 minutes more.
• Slowly pour batter over the pineapple mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Run a paring knife between the cake and the edge of the pan to loosen cake. Cover the cake pan with a plate, and invert it to flip the cake out of the pan and onto the plate. Cool at least 10 minutes before serving.