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Drain peaches; reserve 1/3 cup liquid.
Melt margarine in a 9-inch round cake pan.
Stir in brown sugar and water.
Arrange peaches and cherries in pan.
Spoon upside-down cake batter over peaches.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.
Cool on wire rack 5 minutes. Loosen sides; invert onto plate.
Serve warm.
Makes 8 servings.
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Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Melt 3/4 cup butter in a heavy 10-inch skillet.
Sprinkle the brown sugar and strawberry gelatin over butter.
Drain the crushed pineapple over gelatin mixture. Prepare cake mix according to directions on package, using reserved pineapple juice plus water to measure 1 1/3 cups liquid. Pour cake batter over pineapple mixture.
Bake for 50 to 55 minutes.
Immediately turn Upside-Down Cake onto a serving dish.
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large bowl, flake the cake into crumbs with a fork
Loosen cake from sides of pan with spatula. Serve upside down with peaches
Melt the butter in a large iron frying pan or upside-down cake pan. Add the brown sugar and spread evenly over bottom of pan. Lay crushed pineapple in center.
(Save juice to put in sponge batter.)
ides of 9-inch square cake pan. Add butter and melt
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nd flour 2 (8\") round cake pans or a 9x13\" casserole
utter. Arrange pears cut-side down over mixture.
Sift flour
skewer inserted in the cake's center comes out clean
Drain pears; save juice.
Coat a 9-inch ovenproof skillet with nonstick cooking spray.
Place 1 1/2 tablespoons of pear juice in bottom of skillet and distribute evenly.
Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over pear juice.
Arrange 10 pear halves over the brown sugar with the cut side down and the widest part of pears toward outer edge.
Fill in center with pecan halves, if desired.
Melt butter and combine with sugar and corn syrup in the bottom of 2 round cake pans.
Arrange fresh or canned pears pieces on top. (Peel and core, if fresh).
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Beat butter with eggs and wet ingredients in a large measuring cup or small bowl.
In a larger bowl, mix dry ingredients, then add butter mixture to it, combining well.
Pour into pans over the pear mixture.
Bake for about 30-40 minutes.
Loosen and invert over a serving plate; dust with confectioners sugar, if desired.
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nd sugar in 8-inch cake pan.
Melt butter over
Melt together brown sugar and margarine.
Pour glaze in bottom of 9 x 13-inch pan.
Arrange small pineapple slices next in the bottom of the pan.
Place maraschino cherry half in each center of pineapple.
Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour cake over pineapple glaze.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 30 minutes. Check.
Turn pan upside-down on cookie sheet.
If pineapple sticks to pan when turned upside-down, lay back on cake where they should be.
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Gently pour cake batter over pineapple in skillet
0 to 35 minutes.
Cake should spring back when lightly