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Jessica Secrest

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Donuts

Boxed pineapple cake mix jazzed up with melted butter and pineapple juice, baked in a donut pan over a brown sugar–butter caramel and crushed pineapple. Personal-sized upside down cakes with sticky, buttery tops.

⏱ 18 minAmericanpineapplecake mixupside down cakedonut paneasy dessert

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 1 boxpineapple supreme cake mix
  • —melted butter · same amount as the oil called for on the box, substituted for the oil
  • 3eggs · or whatever the box calls for
  • 1 cup100% pineapple juice · substituted for the water the box calls for
  • —baking spray · for the pan

For the topping

  • 1/2 stickbutter · melted
  • 1 cupbrown sugar
  • —crushed pineapple · pineapple rings also work, one per well

Steps

  1. 1

    Melt the butter and add it to a bowl in place of the oil the cake mix calls for.

  2. 2

    Crack in the eggs and add 1 cup of pineapple juice in place of the water the box calls for.

  3. 3

    Add the pineapple cake mix and whisk everything together until smooth. Set aside.

  4. 4

    Spray a donut pan with baking spray.

  5. 5

    Stir the melted half stick of butter together with the brown sugar until combined.

  6. 6

    Spoon about a tablespoon of the brown sugar mixture into each well.

  7. 7

    Snip the crushed pineapple smaller with scissors if needed and sprinkle a little into each well, or lay a pineapple ring in each one.

  8. 8

    Scoop the batter over the pineapple in each well.

  9. 9

    Bake until done, about 18 minutes.

  10. 10

    Cool for a minute, then flip them out of the pan and serve.

Creator's notes

She flipped them out too soon — the failure was impatience, so let them cool a bit before turning them out. She only made one pan and suggests turning the leftover batter into a sheet pan cake.

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