Grandma's Skillet Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 (20 ounce) can sliced pineapple
  • 1 (4 ounce) jar cherries
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 2eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Directions

  • Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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  • Step 2

    Melt 1 stick butter in the bottom of a cast iron skillet over medium heat, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Add pineapple slices on top of sugar in 1 decorative layer with a cherry in the middle of each pineapple ring. Set aside.

  • Step 3

    Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.

  • Step 4

    Cream sugar and butter together in a bowl. Add eggs and mix. Add flour mixture and milk in an alternating fashion. Add vanilla extract and mix well. Pour mixture evenly over pineapples in the skillet.

  • Step 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until cake is golden brown, about 40 minutes.

  • Step 6

    Let cake cool in the skillet for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

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