Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes Recipe
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Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes Recipe
Description
These cupcakes start by preparing muffin tins with cooking spray and setting the oven to 350°F. A batter is mixed from yellow cake mix combined with pineapple juice, vegetable oil, and eggs, producing a smooth cake base. The topping involves melting butter and brown sugar, which is spooned into each cupcake well, followed by pineapple pieces and halved maraschino cherries arranged cut side up.
After filling the tins partially with batter above the fruit topping, the cupcakes bake for 20–25 minutes until golden and firm. Once cooled briefly, the cupcakes are inverted, releasing the pineapple and cherry topping to the surface where it glistens with caramelized sugar and butter. The finished cupcakes have moist, soft crumb with pockets of sweet pineapple and bright cherries.
These cupcakes are served warm and optionally with freshly whipped cream. They offer an individual dessert with classic pineapple upside-down cake flavors in a convenient portion size.
Ingredients
- 1 (20-ounce) can pineapple drained and juice reserved, rings
- 1 (15.25-ounce) box yellow cake mix
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 3 egg
- ⅓ cup butter melted
- ⅔ cup brown sugar packed
- 12 maraschino cherries cut in half
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare 24 wells of a muffin tin by spraying with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together the pineapple juice, yellow cake mix, oil, and eggs until well blended.
- Cut each of the pineapple rings into four equal-sized pieces. Mix together the butter and brown sugar, and add about 1 teaspoon of the butter mixture to each well of the muffin tin. Add two pieces of pineapple and a maraschino cherry half, cut side up.
- Pour the cake batter into the muffin tins, filling to about ¼ inch from the top. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool 15 minutes, then loosen the cupcakes from the sides of the muffin tin with a knife and invert onto a cooling rack.
- Serve warm with freshly whipped cream, if desired.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 24Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 192 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 192kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 28g | 9% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 27mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 189mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 55mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 19g | 38% |
| Vitamin A | 120IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 2.2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 59mg | 6% |
| Iron | 0.7mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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