Dream Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

By dpearce

Ingredients

• 3 cans (8 oz. each) pineapple slices in juice, undrained
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 6 maraschino cherries, halved
• 1/2 cup chopped PLANTERS Pecans
• 1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
• 1 env. DREAM WHIP Whipped Topping Mix
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup cold water

Preparation

Step 1

HEAT oven to 350°F.

DRAIN pineapple, reserving 2 Tbsp. juice; set aside. Mix sugar and butter in 13x9-inch pan. Arrange pineapple slices in pan, cutting if necessary to fit. Place cherry half, cut-side up, in center of each slice. Sprinkle with reserved pineapple juice, then nuts.

BEAT remaining ingredients with mixer until blended; pour over ingredients in pan.

BAKE 50 to 55 min. or until top springs back when lightly pressed; cool in pan 10 min. Invert cake onto plate. (Do not remove pan.) Let stand 1 min.; remove pan. Serve cake warm or cooled.