Recipe 12- Pineapple Upside Down Cake

                                                     PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE


1/2  C butter
2 C brown sugar
1 large can of sliced pineapple
1 jar of maraschino cherries
yellow cake mix

Put melted butter into a 9" by 13" baking pan. Sprinkle 2 cups of brown sugar evenly over the butter. Drain a large can of sliced pineapples and cover the bottom of the pan. Drain a jar of maraschino cherries and place cherries( without stems) on top of pineapple. Set aside.
Prepare a standard yellow cake mix.  Carefully spoon the cake batter over the pineapple mixture.  Bake the cake for 40 minutes at 375 degrees. Cool. Place a platter on top of the pan and turn over.  Serve.

Ratings (out of five)
Difficulty *
Taste****

In celebration of my husband Steve Welch's fiftieth birthday, we made his favorite childhood dessert- Pineapple Upside Down Cake.  We emailed his mother, Ellen Welch, and requested her Pineapple Upside Down cake recipe. She kindly gave it to us.

Peter, Caroline, and I followed her recipe. We prepared the cake in a bundt pan. The cake was enjoyed by all!