Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes

Name: Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 24 servings
Ingredients: cooking spray cooking spray; ½ cup butter, melted ½ cup butter, melted; 1 ½ cups brown sugar 1 ½ cups brown sugar; 24 maraschino cherries 24 maraschino cherries; 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple; 1 (18.25 ounce) package pineapple cake mix (such as Duncan Hines® Pineapple Supreme) 1 (18.25 ounce) package pineapple cake mix (such as duncan hines® pineapple supreme); 1 ⅓ cups pineapple juice 1 ⅓ cups pineapple juice; ⅓ cup vegetable oil ⅓ cup vegetable oil; 3 eggs 3 eggs; 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar for dusting, or as needed 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar for dusting, or as needed

Prep: 20 minsCook: 20 mins

Prep

20 mins

Cook

20 mins

Servings

Difficulty

Medium

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Servings:

cooking spraycooking spray
½ cup butter, melted½ cup butter, melted
11 ½ cups brown sugar
2424 maraschino cherries
11 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple
11 (18.25 ounce) package pineapple cake mix (such as duncan hines® pineapple supreme)
11 ⅓ cups pineapple juice
⅓ cup vegetable oil⅓ cup vegetable oil
33 eggs
11 tablespoon confectioners' sugar for dusting, or as needed

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Move an oven rack to the middle of the oven. Spray 24 muffin cups with cooking spray.
2
Spoon 1 teaspoon melted butter into the bottom of each sprayed muffin cup. Spoon 1 tablespoon brown sugar into each muffin cup. Press a maraschino cherry into the center of the brown sugar in each muffin cup. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of crushed pineapple on top and compact it with the back of a spoon into an even layer.
3
Mix pineapple cake mix, pineapple juice, vegetable oil, and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium; mix for 2 minutes.
4
Pour batter into the muffin cups, filling them to the top; do not overfill.
5
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
6
Line a work surface with waxed paper. Allow cupcakes to cool at least 5 minutes before inverting muffin cups onto the waxed paper; serve with pineapple and cherry sides up. Sprinkle cupcakes lightly with confectioners' sugar before serving.

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