Mini Upside Down Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Spray your muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a mixing bowl, add eggs, white sugar, and pineapple juice. Beat for 2 minutes. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and turn mixer back on for 2 minutes.
• In a small sauce pan, melt the butter and add the brown sugar. Stir on low heat for one minute.
• Spoon layer of the warm brown sugar mixture into the bottom of each muffin tin, then place a pineapple ring on top. Add a cherry in the middle of each pineapple. Pour cake mixture over to fill muffin tin 3/4 of the way full. If you are using regular muffin tins, you will need to cut down the rings to fit or just use pineapple tidbits.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a wooden pick in the center of cakes comes out clean.

Steps:

• Brush four 4-ounce ramekins with butter. Sprinkle brown sugar in the bottom of each and line with sliced pineapple. Whisk 1 egg, 1/4 cup buttermilk, 3 tablespoons melted butter and a dash of vanilla in a bowl, then stir in 1/2 cup flour, 6 tablespoons granulated sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/8 teaspoon baking soda and a pinch of salt. Divide among the ramekins. Bake at 350 degrees F, 20 minutes. Let cool, then unmold and top with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Line 16 muffin pan cups with foil liners. Mix sugar and half the butter until blended; spoon into prepared muffin cups. Top with peaches.
• Beat cake mix, eggs, sour cream, 1/3 cup dry pudding mix and remaining butter in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Spoon over peaches. (Cups will be almost completely filled.)
• Bake 18 to 20 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 10 min. Transfer cupcakes to wire racks; cool completely.
• Beat remaining pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in COOL WHIP. Spoon into pastry bag fitted with large plain tip. Insert tip into centers of cupcakes, then pipe pudding mixture into cupcakes. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Invert cupcakes onto plates just before serving; remove liners.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and butter until blended. Spoon into 24 greased muffin cups. Drain pineapple, reserving the juice; spoon pineapple into prepared cups. Place a cherry half cut side down in the center of each., In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, oil and reserved pineapple juice. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Spoon over pineapple, filling each cup three-fourths full., Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Immediately invert onto wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Move an oven rack into the middle of the oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spray 24 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Spoon 1 teaspoon melted butter and 1/2 teaspoon bourbon into the bottom of each sprayed muffin cup.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon brown sugar in each muffin cup.
• Press a maraschino cherry into the center of the brown sugar in each muffin cup.
• Drain pineapple, saving the juice (there should be about a cup). Cut each chunk in half and surround cherry with four pieces, one on each side, covering the bottom of the muffin cup.
• Mix yellow cake mix, eggs, pineapple juice, bourbon and vegetable oil in a large bowl with electric mixer on low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Turn mixer speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes.
• Pour cake batter into the muffin cups, filling them to the top; do not overfill.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Allow cupcakes to cool at least 5 minutes on a rack. Then run a small sharp knife around each cake to loosen before inverting muffin cups forcefully (with a bang!) over a large piece of waxed paper on your counter to release. Some pineapple pieces may stick to bottom, just put them back on the cakes. Serve with pineapple/cherry side up.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Drain pineapple,reserving juice.
• Stir together margarine and brown sugar.
• Evenly divide sugar mixture into 20 (3 inch) greased muffin cups.
• Arrange pineapple slices over sugar mixture.
• Prepare cake mix according to package directions,replacing water with reserved juice.
• Evenly pour batter into muffin cups.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool 5 minutes.
• Loosen edges and invert onto serving platter.
• Place raspberry or cherry in the center of pineapple ring.