Iron Skillet Pineapple Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 7 -8 pineapple slices (canned)
• 7 -8 cherries
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/3 cups flour (all purpose is fine)
• 1/3 cup coconut cream pudding (dry-about one box of instant)
• 1/2-3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup pineapple juice

Recipe

• 1 1. preheat oven 350 degrees.
• 2 2. melt butter in skillet
• 3 a. sprinkle brown sugar over butter to ¼ inch thick on bottom of skillet.
• 4 b. place pineapple slices side by side inside pan.
• 5 place cherries inside the rings of pineapples.
• 6 3. mix shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla with electric mixer until smooth.
• 7 4. sift flour, salt, baking powder, and pudding.
• 8 5. gradually add flour mixture to shortening mixture while alternating milk/juice. add enough milk to mixture that it has the cake batter consistency or could be somewhat spooned.
• 9 6. spoon or pour mixture over pineapples and bake 40-45 minutes until tooth pick come out clean.
• 10 7. allow to cool some if going to remove from skillet.