Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes
Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes - a mini version of your favorite pineapple upside down cake with butter, brown sugar, pineapple, and a cherry on top! This easy recipe starts with a cake mix.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 24 maraschino cherries
- 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple or pineapple tidbits (well drained but reserve juice)
- 1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix, (and ingredients called for on the package)
- 1 cup pineapple juice, (you just need as much pineapple juice as water called for on the cake mix package - see note)
- powdered sugar for dusting
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 24 muffin cups with baking cups.
- Line a work surface with parchment or waxed paper.
- Spoon 1 teaspoon melted butter into the bottom of the pan of each sprayed muffin cup.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon brown sugar in each muffin cup.
- Press a maraschino cherry into the center of the brown sugar in each muffin cup.
- Spoon a tablespoon of well drained crushed pineapple or about 5 pineapple tidbits over the cherry into an even layer.
- Mix cake mix according to the package directions, substitute pineapple juice for the water in the recipe. This may vary according to which cake mixture you use. In large bowl with electric mixer on low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Turn mixer speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes.
- Scoop pineapple cake batter into the muffin cups, filling them 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake in the preheated oven on the middle rack until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Allow cupcakes to cool for about 20 minutes. Unwrap cupcakes and invert onto a serving platter. Serve with pineapple and cherry sides up. Sprinkle cupcakes lightly with powdered sugar if desired.
Notes
Just replace the water called for in your cake mix with pineapple juice. You should be able to reserve the juice from the crushed pineapple and have enough pineapple juice to use here. If you are a little shy on the amount of juice, just use water to fill the rest of the liquid called for in the recipe.
*Some people like the look of pineapple tidbits better for this recipe. I tried both and it's really just personal preference.
*Some people like the look of pineapple tidbits better for this recipe. I tried both and it's really just personal preference.