INSIDE OUT PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Melt 1/3 cup butter in 13x9-inch ungreased baking pan in oven. Stir in 3/4 cup brown sugar. Spread mixture evenly in pan.
• Arrange 12 pineapple slices on top. Place cherry in center and between each pineapple slice, if desired.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt in bowl; set aside. 
• Combine 1 cup brown sugar and 2/3 cup butter in bowl; beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Continue beating, adding 1 egg at a time, until well mixed. Stir in vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating at low speed and scraping bowl often after each addition.
• Gently spread batter over pineapple. Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen sides of cake from pan by running knife around inside of pan. Invert cake onto serving platter; let stand 5 minutes. Remove pan. Cool completely.

Steps:

• Mix the cake as directed on box, substitute pineapple juice from the canned pineapple in place of water called for in recipe. (Optional).
• Melt the butter.
• Spray cupcake pan with cooking spray. (Do not use paper liners!).
• Place one teaspoon of melted butter in the bottom of each cup of the pan.
• Add one tablespoon of brown sugar on top of the melted butter.
• Place one cherry in the center.
• Scatter the tidbits around the cherry to form a circle.
• Add cake mix on top of the pineapple. (3/4 full).
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until cupcakes are cooked.
• Let the pan cool on a cooling rack for about 5 minutes.
• Run a knife along the inside edge.
• Invert cupcake pan on the cooling rack.
• Some of the brown sugar and pineapple might stay behind in the pan, just scrap it out and lay it on top of the cupcakes.