Grandma's Skillet Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

This easy upside-down cake is baked in a cast iron skillet and served warm.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 465 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 1 (20 ounce) can sliced pineapple
• 1 stick butter
• 1 (4 ounce) jar cherries
• 0.5 cup butter
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1.5 cups packed brown sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

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

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

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

Step 6

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