Grandma’s Skillet Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
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Golden, gooey, and topped with a crown of caramelized pineapple, this old-fashioned favorite is everything we remember from Sunday dinners and special occasions. If you’ve got a cast iron skillet and a sweet tooth, this dessert will take you straight back to Grandma’s kitchen—cherries and all.
Ingredients:
Directions:
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Ingredients:
- 1 stick butter (for the skillet base)
- 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
- 1 (20 oz) can sliced pineapple, drained
- 1 (4 oz) jar maraschino cherries
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Melt 1 stick of butter in a cast iron skillet over medium heat (about 3 minutes). Remove from heat.
- Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over the melted butter.
- Arrange pineapple slices over the sugar, placing a cherry in the center of each ring. Set aside.
- In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, cream together white sugar and ½ cup softened butter. Beat in eggs.
- Add flour mixture and milk alternately into the creamed mixture, mixing gently until smooth. Stir in vanilla.
- Pour the batter evenly over the fruit in the skillet.
- Bake for about 40 minutes, or until the top is golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in the skillet for 10 minutes. Then invert onto a serving plate while still warm.
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