{"id":2686,"slug":"quick-and-delicious-pineapple-upside-down-cake","title":"Quick and Delicious Pineapple Upside-Down Cake","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1 stick butter or margarine","1 cup light brown sugar","1 can pineapple rings","8–12 maraschino cherries","¼ cup crushed pecans (optional)","1 box yellow cake mix"],"ingredients_norm":["butter or margarine","light brown sugar","pineapple ring","maraschino cherry","pecan","yellow cake mix"],"steps":["In a 9 x 13-inch pan, melt the butter or margarine. Add the light brown sugar, and allow to melt.","Arrange pineapple slices in the pan, and place a maraschino cherry in each of the holes in the pineapple rings. Sprinkle the crushed pecans over the pineapple slices.","Prepare the yellow cake mix as printed on the box, replacing some of the water with pineapple juice.","Pour cake batter over brown sugar and pineapple.","Bake according to the directions, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.","Loosen cake around the edges, place a plate or serving tray over the cake, and turn the cake over.","Allow to cool before serving."],"categories":["Cake recipes","Recipes using pineapple","Recipes for pineapple upside-down cake","Recipes for dessert","Baking recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using light brown sugar","Recipes using cake mix","Recipes using maraschino cherry","Recipes using margarine"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Quick_and_Delicious_Pineapple_Upside-Down_Cake","source_ref":"4517196","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Quick_and_Delicious_Pineapple_Upside-Down_Cake&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"959fcce548f50a7a7a6c71837c44b111d7b29bff26be8547164107c71318de5e","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:16Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:16Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/quick-and-delicious-pineapple-upside-down-cake"}