Grandma's Skillet Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Ingredients

1 stick butter

1 ½ cups packed brown sugar

1 (20 ounce) can sliced pineapple

1 (4 ounce) jar cherries

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 ½ teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 ½ cups white sugar

½ cup butter

2 eggs

1 cup milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Melt 1 stick butter in the bottom of a cast iron skillet over medium heat, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Add pineapple slices on top of sugar in 1 decorative layer with a cherry in the middle of each pineapple ring. Set aside.

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.

Cream sugar and butter together in a bowl. Add eggs and mix. Add flour mixture and milk in an alternating fashion. Add vanilla extract and mix well. Pour mixture evenly over pineapples in the skillet.

Bake in the preheated oven until cake is golden brown, about 40 minutes.

Let cake cool in the skillet for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

Nutrition

Per Serving: 465 calories; protein 3.5g; carbohydrates 77.2g; fat 16.7g; cholesterol 73.3mg; sodium 339.6mg. Full Nutrition