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Cast Iron Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Cast Iron Pineapple Upside Down Cake

By Traeger Kitchen

We’ve given Grandpa’s favorite pineapple upside down cake recipe a kick by baking the cake on a wood-fired grill to saturate it with flavorful hardwood smoke. We’d like to think he’d like it better this way.

Prep Time

15 Min

Cook Time

40 Min

Pellets

Apple

Ingredients

Number of People Serving

6

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Units of Measurement:
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1/4 Cup butter, melted
1 Cup brown sugar
20 Ounce Pineapple, sliced
6 Ounce Cherries, maraschino
1 Whole Yellow Cake Mix, Boxed
As Needed vegetable oil
As Needed eggs

Step

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  • 1

    When ready to cook, star temperature to 350 degrees F and preheat, lid closed, for 10 to 15 minutes.

  • 2

    Pour melted butter into a 12-inch cast iron pan. Sprinkle brown sugar on top of the butter. Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar, squeezing in as many slices as possible. Place a cherry in center of each pineapple slice; press gently into brown sugar.

  • 3

    Make cake batter as directed on box, substituting pineapple juice mixture for as much of the water as possible, and adding in required oil and eggs. Pour batter into cast iron dish, over pineapple and cherries.

  • 4

    Place the cast iron pan on the grill grate and cook for 20 minutes. Rotate the pan a half turn to ensure it cooks evenly. Cook for an additional 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

  • 5

    Immediately run knife around side of pan to loosen cake. Place heatproof serving plate upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over.

  • 6

    Leave pan over cake 5 minutes so brown sugar topping can drizzle over cake. Cool 30 minutes. Enjoy!

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