Pineapple Upside down cake
Dutch oven
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 20 oz. can pineapple slices will use approximately 8 slices
- 8 maraschino cherries
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Reserved pineapple juice and additional water to equal 1 1/4 cups of liquid
- 16 oz. box yellow cake mix
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup shredded sweetened coconut
INSTRUCTIONS
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Preheat a standard depth 12-inch camp Dutch oven to 350 degrees (25 total briquettes = 17 top/8 bottom).
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Melt butter in bottom of oven.
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Sprinkle brown sugar over melted butter.
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Place pineapple slices over sugar to cover bottom of oven and place a cherry inside the hole in each pineapple ring. Approximately 8 slices will fit in the bottom of the Dutch oven. Reserve the pineapple juice in the can.
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In medium bowl, stir the eggs, vanilla, reserved juice and water, cake mix, pecans and coconut until combined.
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Pour batter over pineapple slices and bake at 350 degrees (25 total = 17 top/8 bottom) until cake is done. Baking time will depend on temperature and elevation but this recipe should take approximately 25-30 minutes.)
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When cake is done, remove Dutch oven from coals with lid removed.
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Let cool slightly.
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Run a spatula or knife around the edge of the cake to loosen from sides of the camp Dutch oven.
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Wearing heat resistant gloves, place the inverted serving plate over the Dutch oven and carefully flip it over to turn out the cake onto the plate.
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Tap the Dutch oven to help loosen the cake from the oven then carefully lift the oven from the serving plate.
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Be prepared, this gets a little messy!
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The cake should gently fall onto the serving plate but you may have to “pretty it up a bit” if any of the toppings stick to the Dutch oven.
NOTES
Camp Cooking Tip: To ensure even baking in your Dutch oven camping recipes, rotate the camp oven throughout the cooking time so everything cooks evenly. 1/4 turn for the bottom (say clockwise) then 1/4 turn in the opposite direction for the lid (this would be counterclockwise.) I like using a lid-lifter for this process but you can also use heat-resistant gloves or another favorite flameproof tool.
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NUTRITION
Serving: 1g | Calories: 1069kcal | Carbohydrates: 202g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 134mg | Sodium: 745mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 143g