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Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake

July 2, 2015

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Stay cool this summer with this Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake! In just 10 minutes, you and your family can be enjoying this gorgeous cake – straight from your microwave!

Stay cool this summer with this Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake! In just 10 minutes, you and your family can be enjoying this gorgeous cake - straight from your microwave! The PERFECT easy dessert recipe! | MomOnTimeout.com

I’m not even kidding you with this one. Pineapple Upside-Down Cake…in a microwave. Yep. You could be eating this awesomeness in about 10 minutes. It just doesn’t get any easier.

So the inspiration behind this cake….the blazing hot temperatures we’ve been experiencing in Sacramento. I start breaking out in a sweat if I even just LOOK at my oven. It’s crazy around here.

But the baking most go on! Or, at least, the microwave baking 🙂

This really couldn’t be easier but I’m going to give you the step-by-step low down anyways. It starts with a little butter and brown sugar making magic together in the bottom of a 9-inch microwavable cake plan.

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Pineapple slices are arranged just-so (aka, however you can fit them in) and cherries are placed in the center of each pineapple.

Half a box of yellow cake mix is combined with the pineapple juice from the pineapple slices and an egg and is spread evenly. Just so.

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The cake is then popped in your microwave for 8 minutes and inverted onto a cake plate. Voila!

Stay cool this summer with this Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake! In just 10 minutes, you and your family can be enjoying this gorgeous cake - straight from your microwave! The PERFECT easy dessert recipe! | MomOnTimeout.com |

Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake. In just 10 minutes. And did I mention that it tastes AMAZING!

Stay cool this summer with this Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake! In just 10 minutes, you and your family can be enjoying this gorgeous cake - straight from your microwave! The PERFECT easy dessert recipe! | MomOnTimeout.com

The perfect cake recipe for hot summer days!

Stay cool this summer with this Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake! In just 10 minutes, you and your family can be enjoying this gorgeous cake - straight from your microwave! The PERFECT easy dessert recipe! | MomOnTimeout.com

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Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword microwave pineapple upside down cake, pineapple cake
Prep Time 2 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 12 minutes minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 513kcal
Author Trish - Mom On Timeout

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 20 oz pineapple slices 1 can drained, juice reserved
  • 7 maraschino cherries 7 to 8
  • 1 1/2 cups yellow cake mix half of a 15.25 oz box
  • 1/2 cup pineapple juice from can of pineapple slices
  • 1 egg

Instructions

  • Spray a 9-inch cake pan with baking spray.
  • Place butter inside cake pan and microwave on high in 30 second increments until the butter has melted.
  • Stir in the brown sugar until dissolved. Spread evenly in the pan.
  • Place pineapple slices in cake pan and put a cherry in the middle of each slice.
  • Combine cake mix, pineapple juice and egg in a medium bowl and stir just until combined.
  • Spread over pineapple slices.
  • Place cake pan in the microwave and heat on high for 8 minutes. Let rest 3-4 minutes before inverting onto a cake plate.
  • Let cool.

Nutrition

Calories: 513kcal | Carbohydrates: 105g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 778mg | Potassium: 173mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 65g | Vitamin A: 243IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 235mg | Iron: 2mg

Stay cool this summer with this Microwave Pineapple Upside Down Cake! In just 10 minutes, you and your family can be enjoying this gorgeous cake - straight from your microwave! The PERFECT easy dessert recipe! | MomOnTimeout.com

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Comments

  1. Lori Rooker says

    September 9, 2024 at 10:33 PM

    I am so glad I found this!! Made this microwave cake years ago (when microwaves first came out – yes I’m old!) This was in the cookbook that came with my first microwave. Lost the recipe and have look for it many times in the last 50 years! Thanks for reviving this for me.

    Reply
  2. Brittany Hickman says

    September 30, 2023 at 6:28 AM

    Was out of eggs so I used a tablespoon of Mayo and it worked perfectly!!! The whole family was impressed that I baked a cake in the microwave! Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  3. Amor says

    May 19, 2020 at 2:54 PM

    I tried using a silicone cookware and crushed pineapple ( because that’s what I have right now) and it turned out very good!

    Reply
  4. Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says

    July 10, 2015 at 7:57 AM

    What? That’s crazy awesome!!! I have to get a pan so I can make one of these! Love it!

    Reply
    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      July 12, 2015 at 11:50 AM

      You can use a 9×9 or 8×8 baking dish too Jocelyn – anything works really!

      Reply
  5. Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says

    July 10, 2015 at 6:13 AM

    A whole cake in the microwave?! Can’t wait to try this!

    Reply
    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      July 12, 2015 at 11:51 AM

      Totally Jessica! So easy too!

      Reply
  6. Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says

    July 5, 2015 at 8:18 PM

    Are you serious with this, Trish!? I am seriously impressed. It looks SO easy and SO delicious!!!!

    Reply
    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      July 8, 2015 at 10:46 AM

      Thanks Cathy!!

      Reply
  7. Kennedy Cole@KCole's Creative Corner says

    July 4, 2015 at 9:22 AM

    I can’t believe that you did this completely in the microwave! I imagine that it’s not easy to get a microwave cake to rise, so I commend you for getting this so fluffy and moist! Great recipe! This looks like the perfect, simple dessert for 4th of July!

    Reply
    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      July 8, 2015 at 10:49 AM

      Thank you Kennedy! The microwave really does all the work and the cake turns out so delicious every time!

      Reply
  8. Shawn @ I Wash You Dry says

    July 4, 2015 at 8:20 AM

    Love!! I’m a big fan of mug cakes, I can’t believe this one only takes 10 minutes!

    Reply
    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      July 8, 2015 at 10:50 AM

      Me too Shawn and this makes a WHOLE cake so it’s even better 🙂 Super fast and easy!

      Reply
  9. Mir says

    July 3, 2015 at 3:45 AM

    Wow. I love it when baking becomes a miracle of modern science and technology. I cannot believe this cake! And to think, I spent so much time heating up my kitchen for an upside-down cake only a few days ago. I really need to try it your way!

    Reply
  10. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

    July 2, 2015 at 5:07 PM

    I’ll be making this in August when I don’t have an oven. LOVE!

    Reply
  11. Lisa @ Wine & Glue says

    July 2, 2015 at 12:52 PM

    Shut your mouth. You never cease to amaze me Trish!

    Reply
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