Crock Pot Pineapple Upside Down Cake is a perfect dessert recipe you can bake in your crock pot while hanging out with your family and friends. The tantalizing aroma of brown sugar and pineapple will tease your guests as this easy crock pot dessert recipe bakes.

A slice of easy Crock Pot Pineapple Upside Down Cake on a white plate with the entire Pineapple Upside Down Cake in the background.

Crock Pot Cake Recipes

Did you know you can bake a cake in a crock pot? Most crock pot dessert recipes you may have seen are those dump and go recipes that use a can or two of pie filling and a boxed cake mix.

Crock Pot Pineapple Upside Down cake does use a boxed cake mix but it also uses pineapple chunks, brown sugar, butter and maraschino cherries just like a traditional upside down cake.

Crock Pot Pineapple Upside Down Cake is so good you will not even know it starts with a box of yellow cake mix.

Crock Pot Dessert Recipes

Crockpot dessert recipes are so easy to make. You can load up the crockpot with the dessert ingredients and dessert can bake while your eating dinner.
You can serve your guests a warm slice of Pineapple Upside Down Cake with coffee after dinner.

A slice of Crock Pot Pineapple Upside Down Cake on a white plate with a colorful napkin behind it.

How To Make Crock Pot Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients to make Pineapple Upside Down Cake

1/2 cup butter, divided and melted
1 cup dark brown sugar
20 oz. can pineapple chunks, juice drained and 3/4 cup juice reserved
22 maraschino cherries
box of yellow cake mix made with butter
3 large eggs, slightly beaten

Directions to make a Pineapple Upside Down Cake in a crock pot

Line a 6-quart crock pot with parchment paper, leaving a couple of inches of overhang. The parchment paper is used so you can easily remove the cake from the crock pot without breaking it.
Melt the butter and remove 1/4 a cup and mix with the brown sugar. Reserve the remaining 1/4 cup of butter to use in the cake mix.
Pour the brown sugar and butter mixture into the bottom of the lined crock pot.
Pour the pineapple pieces into the crock pot and spread evenly.
Randomly drop the cherries into the crock pot.
In a large bowl mix the cake mix with the pineapple juice, reserved 1/4 cup of melted butter and the eggs. Mix well for about 2 minutes to combine.
Pour the cake mix batter into the crock pot over the other ingredients.
Turn the crock pot on the high cooking setting. Place a double layer of paper towels that covers the entire top of the crock pot and place the lid on to trap the paper towels over the top of the crock pot. (see notes)
Pull the ends of the paper towels taunt so they do not touch the cake batter. If your crock pot has latches to secure the lid engage them half way without locking them in place.
Cook for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until the cake is cooked through the center. You can use a tooth pick to check for doneness.
Once the cake is done turn the crock pot off, remove the lid and discard the damp paper towels. Carefully remove the hot crock from the crock pot base and place on a towel to cool on the counter.

How To serve the Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Carefully pick the cake up by each end with the parchment paper and set on one of the platters without removing the parchment paper, taking care not to spill the melted brown sugar.
Place the second platter on top of the cake top.
Pick the platters up by each end and tightly sandwich the cake between both platters. Quickly and carefully flip the platters over.
Remove the parchment paper to reveal the pineapple topping.
Serve warm or room temp with whipped cream if desired.

Print the easy Crock Pot Pineapple Upside Down Cake recipe below