Crock Pot Pecan Pineapple Upside Down Cake

By mikeimmell

Bonnie's recipe is so delicious and moist. To view her recipe with step by step photo directions, copy and paste this link into your browswer. http://www.lovefoodies.com/-crock-pot-pecan-pineapple-upside-down-cake.html

Ingredients

• What you need: 5 qt crockpot
• Recipe by Bonnie Price
• 1 box of pineapple cake mix (prepare according to box BUT substitute MILK for water) Duncan Hines is excellent
• 1 Tablespoon Rum or Orange extract (let your taste dictate)
• 1 Can pineapple rings or 1 fresh pineapple cut into 8 rings
• 1 Can maraschino cherries
• 1 Cup / 200 g brown sugar
• Small bag of pecans or walnuts
• 1/4 Cup / 60 ml pineapple juice
• 3 Tablespoons Butter

Details

Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 170mins
Adapted from lovefoodies.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Butter the inside of a slow cooker, line completely with foil, and then butter the foil. Leave top edges exposed and folded over to use as “handles”. Turn on high. Sprinkle brown sugar over the foil on the bottom of the slow cooker. Add a couple of dots of butter to this layer. (OR – line with a crock pot liner and follow the same directions)


2. Cover the bottom with the pineapple slices in a slightly overlapping ring pattern, placing one in the center and pressing the pineapple into the sugar. If desired, place one cherry in the center of each pineapple ring. Pour pineapple juice over the rings, add pecans, add a few dots of butter.


3. Prepare the cake mix, per directions, but substitute milk for water and add the 1 tbls of rum or orange extract.


4. Pour the batter over the pineapples and smooth with a spatula to even it out.


5. Lay a doubled length of paper towel from end to end over the top of the slow cooker, to line the lid and create a tighter seal. (The paper towel helps to collect additional condensation from dripping off the lid back onto the cake.) Cover the cake tightly with the lid and continue to cook on high until the cake begins to brown slightly on the sides and springs back when touched in the middle. Check at 2 hours. (cook time will vary with foil and liner) When cake is done turn off the slow cooker and let the cake set, about 20 minutes more. Using the foil or liner, lift the cake from the slow cooker; set on the counter to cool, about 30 minutes more. Fold back the foil or liner, and carefully invert cake onto a platter so you can see the caramelized pineapples.