How to Make Appetizing Pineapple upside down cupcakes

Pineapple upside down cupcakes. The pretty topping of golden pineapple with a red cherry is great for cupcakes! These cupcakes are made with pineapple cake mix, crushed pineapple, and brown sugar. In a small bowl, stir together melted butter and brown sugar.

In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar until thickened and lemon-colored. Beat in the oil, sour cream and vanilla until smooth. Enjoy this Southern classic in adorable cupcake-sized portions. You can have Pineapple upside down cupcakes using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pineapple upside down cupcakes

1. It's 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
2. It's 1/4 cup of butter melted.
3. Prepare 2 cans (8 oz) of each pineapple tidbits.
4. Prepare 1/2 cups of chopped pecans.
5. You need 1 cup of boiling water.
6. It's 1 package (3 oz) of lemon jello.
7. Prepare 1 package of 2 layer size yellow cake mix.
8. It's 4 of eggs.
9. It's 2/3 cups of oil.
10. You need 2 teaspoons of lemon zest.
11. Prepare 12 of maraschino cherries halved.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl. WHAT ARE PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CUPCAKES? Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes are a mini version of your favorite cake with butter, brown sugar, pineapple, and a cherry on top! First, spoon some melted butter, crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and a cherry in the bottom of a muffin tin.

Pineapple upside down cupcakes instructions

1. Heat oven to 350.
2. Mix sugar and butter in medium bowl stir in pineapple and nuts place cherry half cut side up in center of each of 24 paper lined muffin cups cover with pineapple mixture.
3. Add boiling water to dry gelatin mix stir 2 min till completely dissolved cool 10 min.
4. Beat remaining ingredients in large bowl with mixer until well blended add gelatin mix well spoon over pineapple mixture in muffin cups cups will almost be completely full.
5. Bake 15 to 18 min or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean cool in pans 19 min remove from pans to wire racks cool completely invert onto plates just before serving remove paper liners..

Next, top with the cupcake batter and bake. Sweet and simple pineapple upside down-cupcakes made entirely from scratch (don't worry, they're easy!). With fluffy vanilla cupcake bases topped off with caramelized pineapple and maraschino cherries, these are a great new way to enjoy a classic recipe! Sam here from Sugar Spun Run. I love these so much because they are just one of those good old fashioned recipes like your mom or grandma used to make, but rather they're made into cupcakes!