Slow Cooker Pineapple Upside Down Cake is a gorgeous cake isn’t it? So golden with bright red cherries peeping through. This is a wonderful warm weather dessert for those hot days when you don’t want to turn the oven on. Just a few ingredients are needed: butter, brown sugar, a box of yellow cake mix, eggs, Vegetable oil, pineapple rings, and cherries.
A lot of people don’t think of cooking desserts in a crock pot. I’ve made both brownies and pecan pie in the crock pot. I like that you have more leeway with the cooking time when using a slow cooker. It’s very hard to burn anything.
This Slow Cooker Pineapple Upside Down Cake takes approximately 2 hours to cook. Spray the bottom of the crock pot well with cooking spray and you shouldn’t have any trouble getting the cake out in one piece. The cake is done when it pulls away from the sides a little and is firm in the middle. Let it cool about 15 minutes and then invert it onto a platter.
Mine only takes about 2 hours to cook, but depending on your crock pot, it could take up to 3 hours.
Slow Cooker Pineapple Upside Down Cake is a very sweet dessert with plenty of pineapple flavor. If you want it with a little less sweetness, cut down some on the brown sugar.
Serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a large dollop of whipped cream.
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Slow Cooker Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter,, melted
- 1 (20-ounce) can pineapple rings in juice,, liquid reserved
- 1 small jar maraschino cherries,, drained
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- Vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Instructions
- Spray bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
- Mix together the brown sugar and butter and spread on bottom of slow cooker.
- Arrange pineapple rings on top of brown sugar mixture. Place a cherry in the middle of each pineapple ring as well as in any gaps between rings.
- Add enough water to the reserved pineapple juice to measure 1 cup. Use it in place of the water called for on the box of cake mix. Make cake mix according to box directions.
- Pour batter on top of pineapple rings. Cover slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 2 to 3 hours.
- Remove slow cooker insert and place on a cooling rack for 15 minutes.
- Invert cake onto a serving plate.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe Source: Betty Crocker
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I want to make your crockpot upside down pineapple cake, can you suggest how to covert it out of crockpot without messing up the cake? Thank you
Adjust your cooking time as crock pots vary in size and if not careful you will burn the edges !
We cooked the upside down cake in approx. 2 1/4 hours in a LARGE Crock Pot !!
Very Good
Make more
Wonderful recipe! The cake turned out beautifully!
I am new to your Spicy Southern Kitchen. So happy I am getting your recipes. The pineapple upside down cake has always been my family favorite cake and this recipe is so easy to make. Thanks Jearl
Welcome! I hope you will get to enjoy many recipes!
Came out excellent
Surprised it looked just like
The photo, very moist.
Thank you
This is a crazy easy way to make pineapple upside down cake and it is delicious too. Will definitely be making this again.
can I make this in a 3.5 quart oblong casserole crockpot?
YOU HAVE PUT THE CROCK POT ON HIGH, MY SETTINGS ARE 200,225,250,300,325,350 AND SO ON. WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST I SET MY CROCK POT ON?
I don’t know what happened. I did everything to the letter on this recipe and I ended up with burnered pineapples and cake that isn’t cooked through. Very disappointed. It looked so good. I’m going to guess that this recipe is for a much bigger crock pot than mine and I should have 1/2 the recipe. 🙁
So sorry it didn’t turn out well for you Mady. What size crock pot did you use?
I used a 4 Quarts Crock Pot
Upside Down Pineapple Cake was one of my favorite desserts that my mother made when I grew up. I’ve been wanting to try it in the crockpot, so thank you for the recipe. ?
I just discovered your blog today and couldn’t stop reading. Every recipe looks great, and I love reading about your grandparents and great-grandmother with the chocolate meringue pie. Oh my goodness! That sounds just like me and my grandmother who made the best chocolate meringue pies. Not many people make them anymore – and they’re SO good!!
I’m so glad you found my blog Angie and thank you for taking the time to comment. Hope you enjoy the slow cooker version of Pineapple Upside Down Cake if you get to try it. I love that you had a grandmother who made chocolate meringue pies too. 🙂