Pineapple-Cherry Upside-Down Cake

Ingredients

• 0.5 cups butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 , 14 ounce
• 15 maraschinos cherries , or more to taste
• 1 , 14 ounce
• 1 , 15.25 ounce
• 1 cup juice from canned pineapple
• 3 eggs , lightly beaten
• 0.5 cups melted butter
• 1.5 fluids ounces rum

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. 2

   Put 1/2 cup butter into a 9x13-inch cake pan and heat in the preheated oven until melted. Remove from oven and brush sides of pan with some of the melted butter.

3. 3

   Evenly sprinkle brown sugar over the melted butter in the pan. Place pineapple rings on top of the sugar-butter layer. Place maraschino cherries in the middle of the pineapple rings and decorate in between as desired. Reserve 1/2 cup crushed pineapple and fill the gaps with remaining crushed pineapple to completely cover the pan. Drain the reserved crushed pineapple very well.

4. 4

   Combine cake mix, 1 cup pineapple juice, eggs, and 1/2 cup melted butter in a large bowl; beat using an electric mixer on low speed until moistened. Increase speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes. Mix in rum and the reserved 1/2 cup crushed pineapple. Stir to thoroughly combine. Pour batter into the prepared pan and smooth out with a spatula.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, making sure not to push all the way through the bottom of the cake, 30 to 35 minutes.

6. 6

   Remove cake from the oven and immediately run a knife around the edge of the pan to thoroughly loosen it from the sides. Let cool in pan for a few minutes. Place serving platter upside-down over the pan while cake is still warm and, holding both together, flip over and leave pan on for a couple minutes. Slowly and carefully lift cake pan from cake.