I've tried scratch versions but I like this Bisquick version the best. A double recipe fits a 10 x 15" Pyrex dish.
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
1-1/2 (20 oz.) cans sliced pineapple (12 slices)
14 maraschino cherries
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup pecans
Bisquick Velvet Crumb Cake (below)
Grand Marnier Syrup, optional (below)
Drain cherries and pineapple slices and dry on paper towels.
Melt butter in a 10" cast-iron skillet. Stir in brown sugar. Remove from heat.
Place one slice of pinapple in the center of the skillet and 7 more around it. Cut the rest of the slices in half and arrange around the sides. Place a cherry in each pineapple hole, in the half-slices too, and tuck pecans into the gaps.
Pour on cake batter. Bake at 350*F 40-45 minutes.
Unmold while still hot. Drizzle with Grand Marnier syrup (optional) and let cool.
BISQUICK VELVET CRUMB CAKE
Cut together:
1-1/2 cups Bisquick
3/4 cup sugar
3 T. soft butter
Mix in:
1 egg
3/4 cups milk
1 tsp. vanilla
GRAND MARNIER SYRUP
Combine 2 Tbs. each:
Hot water
Sugar
Grand Marnier
Stir until sugar is dissolved. Reheat in the microwave if necessary to dissolve the sugar.
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
1-1/2 (20 oz.) cans sliced pineapple (12 slices)
14 maraschino cherries
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup pecans
Bisquick Velvet Crumb Cake (below)
Grand Marnier Syrup, optional (below)
Drain cherries and pineapple slices and dry on paper towels.
Melt butter in a 10" cast-iron skillet. Stir in brown sugar. Remove from heat.
Place one slice of pinapple in the center of the skillet and 7 more around it. Cut the rest of the slices in half and arrange around the sides. Place a cherry in each pineapple hole, in the half-slices too, and tuck pecans into the gaps.
Pour on cake batter. Bake at 350*F 40-45 minutes.
Unmold while still hot. Drizzle with Grand Marnier syrup (optional) and let cool.
BISQUICK VELVET CRUMB CAKE
Cut together:
1-1/2 cups Bisquick
3/4 cup sugar
3 T. soft butter
Mix in:
1 egg
3/4 cups milk
1 tsp. vanilla
GRAND MARNIER SYRUP
Combine 2 Tbs. each:
Hot water
Sugar
Grand Marnier
Stir until sugar is dissolved. Reheat in the microwave if necessary to dissolve the sugar.