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Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

A pineapple lays on its side, with 5 mini pineapple upside down cakes and a yellow plastic lei.

Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

One of my favourite types of cake is pineapple upside down cake. It’s soft and moist, and perfectly sweet with pineapple and a cherry on top. While having a nice slice of cake is always a good thing, sometimes limiting yourself to a bite is just as good. Also, mini pineapple upside down cakes are convenient to bring to get-togethers and summer BBQ’s.

The best part is that making these mini pineapple upside down cakes is so easy!

Read on for a step-by-step guide and serve these up at your next shindig.

Bowl of diced pineapple and maraschino cherries, eggs, butter, and measured brown sugar are shown.

Bowl of maraschino cherries, bowl of diced pineapple, eggs, butter, and cup of brown sugar.

Things You Will Need:

    • Cooking spray
    • 1 stick butter
    • ½ cup brown sugar
    • ½ can of chopped pineapples + 2 tbsp of its juice
    • 12 maraschino cherries
    • 1 cake box mix
    • 3 large eggs
    • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
    • muffin pan
    • mixing bowls
    • hand mixers or stand mixer

Yields: 12 cakes

Add butter and sugar mixture to tins and then place maraschino cherry to the middle of muffin tin.

Step 1:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Spray your muffin pan generously with cooking spray and set aside.

Melt your stick of butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Add brown sugar and mix thoroughly.

Added pineapple to butter and sugar mix.

Add the butter and brown sugar mixture into each section of your muffin pan. Place one maraschino cherry in the center of each and then surround it with pieces of pineapple.

Batter is prepared and mixed in a bowl. Two whisks are inside the mixing bowls.

Batter is poured on top of pineapple, brown sugar, and cherry mixture.

Step 2:

Using an electric mixer, beat together cake mix, eggs and vegetable oil until ingredients are thoroughly combined. Pour into each individual section of your muffin pan.

The finished product. Mini upside down pineapple cakes with a small lei and pineapple surrounding them.

Step 3:

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Turn the pan upside down on a baking sheet and your cakes should pop out, revealing the cooked brown sugar, pineapples, and maraschino cherry. Enjoy!

Top view of mini upside down pineapple cakes on a wood backdrop. Entire pineapple can be seen.

A Little Bite of Sweetness

Above all, these tastes ah-mazing guys, no joke. I love that you can get a taste of the original cake in a bite-size form.

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Also, these mini upside down pineapple cakes are perfect for parties, get-togethers, and cook-outs. You can even bring these upside down pineapple cakes to your next luau!

Do you like pineapple upside down cake?

Let me know, til then–cheers m’deres!

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