pineapple upside down cake

I had to try my first upside-down cake after hearing about a really easy family recipe on a forum. It didn’t come with a picture. But it sounded sweet, indulgent, and delicious. It was a way to use the maraschino cherries that have been sitting uselessly in my fridge for way too long. And what’s not to like about a cake that you get to flip over when its done to reveal a colorful mystery topping.

I adapted it slightly using the version on simply recipes. Here’s a tip! Don’t bake it in a springform pan like I did. Terrible idea. All the caramel sauce leaked out onto the bottom of my oven and started burning.

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