CHRISTMAS TREE Pineapple Upside Down Cake! Best Christmas & Holiday Cakes

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour adds more fiber and nutrients.

granulated sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index.

Melt one stick of butter in the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan for about 1.5 to 2 minutes in the oven until just melted.

Spray the sides of the pan with baking spray, using a pastry brush if desired to spread it evenly.

Add 1 cup of packed brown sugar evenly over the melted butter in the pan, ensuring it is distributed well.

Open two cans of pineapple; drain the natural juice from one can and add the pineapple to the heavy syrup from the other can.

Stir the pineapple to incorporate it with the syrup and let it soak briefly.

Cut Maraschino cherries in half for decoration, placing the smooth side down when arranging them on the cake.

Arrange the cherries in a Christmas tree shape on top of the brown sugar and butter mixture in the pan.

Smoosh the crushed pineapples against the side to let excess juice run off, then spread them over the cherries without displacing them.

Melt 7 tablespoons of butter for the cake batter.

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