Upside Down Cupcakes Food

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CUPCAKES

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.
• Line a work surface with waxed paper.
• Spoon 1 teaspoon melted butter 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.
• Spoon a heaping tablespoon of crushed pineapple over the cherry and compact it with the back of a spoon into an even layer.
• Mix pineapple cake mix, eggs, pineapple juice, 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 pineapple 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 before inverting muffin cups onto the waxed paper to release. Serve with pineapple and cherry sides up. Sprinkle cupcakes lightly with confectioners' sugar.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Line the bottom of 12 greased jumbo muffin cups with waxed paper; grease the paper and set aside., In a small saucepan, melt butter over low heat; stir in brown sugar and corn syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat. Spoon 1 tablespoon into each muffin cup; top each with a pineapple slice and a cherry., In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar until thickened and lemon-colored. Beat in the oil, sour cream and vanilla until smooth. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to egg mixture and mix well. , Fill muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 28-32 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before inverting onto wire racks to cool completely. Garnish with whipped topping if desired.

UPSIDE-DOWN OOEY GOOEY CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease very well, 12 muffin cups.
• In a small saucepan, combine the 1/4 cup melted butter, brown sugar and 1 Tbsp water; simmer for 1 minute.
• Place 3-4 walnut halves in the bottom of each of prepared muffin cups.
• Evenly divide, and pour the cooked mixture over the walnuts in the muffin cups.
• In a bowl, sift together flour, baking cocoa, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• Cream 1/4 cup butter (or shortening if using).
• Gradually add 3/4 cup sugar, and continue creaming until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Blend in dry ingredients alternately with the 1/2 cup water (or milk if using), beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Fill the muffin cups 1/2 full with the batter.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the cupcakes test done.
• Remove from the muffin tins, let cool INVERTED on wire racks.
• In a small saucepan, combine the sweetened condensed milk and the chocolate; cook over very low heat until smooth and thickened, stirring constantly (about 10 minutes).
• Stir in 2 Tbsp butter; keep warm.
• Spread on the sides of cup-cakes.
• ENJOY!

STICKY PECAN UPSIDE-DOWN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Spray 12 extra large muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray.
• Line bottoms of the muffin cups with rounds of wax paper or foil cut to fit only the bottoms of the cups; spray with the spray.
• Stir together the butter, honey and brown sugar over medium heat in a saucepan for about 2 minutes or until smooth; remove from heat and set aside.
• Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat eggs and sugar in a large bowl for about 2 minutes with a mixer on medium speed until the mixture thickens and turns a pale color.
• Add the oil, vanilla, and sour cream and beat on low speed; adding the flour mixture a little at a time until a smooth batter has developed.
• Place about 1 1/2 tablespoon of the butter, honey and brown sugar mixture into the bottom of the muffin cups.
• Add 2 tablespoons of the chopped pecans to the muffin cups.
• Top the pecans with a generous 1/3 cup of the batter.
• Place a foil lined cookie sheet under the muffin pans to catch drips and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of one of the cupcakes comes out clean.
• Cool 2 minutes in the pans on a wire rack.
• Loosen the cupcakes from the sides of the pan with a small knife.
• Place the rack on top of the cupcakes and holding pan and rack together, invert the cupcakes onto the rack.
• Remove paper circles.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line one 12-cup standard muffin tin with cupcake liners.
• Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, milk, butter, vanilla, salt and egg in a medium bowl just until combined. Be careful not to over mix. Pour into the liners. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Cool on a rack 10 minutes, and then remove the cupcakes and cool on the rack completely.
• For the filling: Melt the butter in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the pineapple, sugar and salt and cook, stirring frequently, until caramelized and the liquid is mostly evaporated, 18 to 20 minutes. (You will be able to run your spoon through the filling and leave a streak behind that holds 1 to 2 seconds before filling back in. The consistency of the filling should be like caramel sauce.) Set aside to cool.
• For the icing: Melt the butter in small saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring to a simmer and continue cooking until dark golden and toasty smelling, about 4 minutes. Once you see the milk solids turning a medium brown color, turn off the heat. Cool to room temperature. Whisk in the confectioners' sugar and pineapple juice to make it smooth but not too spreadable.
• To assemble: Using a melon baller, scoop out a hole in each cupcake large enough for 1 tablespoon of pineapple filling. Fill and press gently with the back of the spoon to level the filling. Spoon a teaspoon of icing over the hole to cover. Garnish the cupcakes as desired with cherries and pineapple.

UPSIDE DOWN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Toss raspberries with butter in medium bowl. Add sugar, dry gelatin mix and nuts; mix lightly. Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
• Whisk remaining ingredients until blended; spoon over fruit mixture.
• Bake 25 min. or until tops spring back when pressed lightly in centers. Cool cupcakes in pans 10 min.; invert onto plates. Remove and discard paper liners. Cool completely.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE-RASPBERRY UPSIDE DOWN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, combine granulated sugar and brown sugar. Set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer for 1 minute. Gradually add sugar mixture and mix until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix well then add in vanilla.
• Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk to butter mixture until well combined.
• Divide half of the batter among the prepared muffin cups using approximately 1 rounded tablespoon in the bottom of each muffin well. Add 4 -5 berries to the centre of each muffin, and spoon the remaining batter over berries in muffin cups.
• Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the centre comes out clean (turning after 10 minutes to evenly cook). Cool in pans for 5 minutes. Gently remove cupcakes from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
• Prepare Chocolate Glaze (directions below).
• In a small saucepan over low heat, melt butter then add cocoa and 2 tablespoons of water. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. DO NOT BOIL. Remove from heat and add in vanilla. Gradually add icing sugar and beat with wire whisk until smooth. Add additional water, 1/2 teaspoon at a time until glaze is of desired consistency, just thin enough to drizzle. This makes about 3/4 cup of glaze, enough for 12 cupcakes.
• Place cupcakes UPSIDE DOWN on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Drizzle glaze over cakes and chill about 20 minutes or until icing is set. If desired, place cakes on individual dessert plates prior to drizzling with the glaze. Garnish cakes with additional raspberries. Makes 12 cupcakes.
• An alternative presentation would be to forego the glaze completely and dust cupcakes with icing sugar just prior to serving.

RHUBARB UPSIDE-DOWN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat 18 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Spoon 1 teaspoon melted butter into each prepared muffin cup, followed by 1 Tablespoon brown sugar and about 2 Tablespoons rhubarb. Use a muddler or the back of a wooden spoon to press it into an even layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until rhubarb just begins to soften, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, beat cake mix, water, eggs, oil, and almond extract in a large bowl with an electric mixer at low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes.
• Pour batter over rhubarb in hot muffin cups, filling each just over 3/4-full.
• Return to the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes.
• Cool in the muffin cups 5 minutes before inverting onto a wax paper-lined cooling rack. Serve warm drizzled with any syrup in cups.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Mix the cake as directed on box, substitute pineapple juice from the canned pineapple in place of water called for in recipe. (Optional).
• Melt the butter.
• Spray cupcake pan with cooking spray. (Do not use paper liners!).
• Place one teaspoon of melted butter in the bottom of each cup of the pan.
• Add one tablespoon of brown sugar on top of the melted butter.
• Place one cherry in the center.
• Scatter the tidbits around the cherry to form a circle.
• Add cake mix on top of the pineapple. (3/4 full).
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until cupcakes are cooked.
• Let the pan cool on a cooling rack for about 5 minutes.
• Run a knife along the inside edge.
• Invert cupcake pan on the cooling rack.
• Some of the brown sugar and pineapple might stay behind in the pan, just scrap it out and lay it on top of the cupcakes.

UPSIDE-DOWN BANANA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Toss bananas with butter in medium bowl. Add sugar, dry gelatin mix and nuts; mix lightly. Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
• Whisk remaining ingredients until blended; spoon over fruit mixture.
• Bake 25 min. or until tops spring back when pressed lightly in centers. Cool cupcakes in pans 10 min.; invert onto plates. Remove and discard paper liners. Cool completely.

PINEAPPLE "UPSIDE-DOWN" CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Center baking rack in oven and preheat to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease cupcake tins well with butter or cooking spray.
• Cupcakes: In a large mixing bowl combine all of the batter ingredients. With an electric mixer on medium speed, mix the ingredients together until there are no lumps in the batter. Spoon the batter into the cupcake tins so that each tin is about halfway full.
• Topping: Mix the melted butter and brown sugar together with a spoon. Sprinkle about a teaspoon of the mixture on top of the cupcake batter in the tins. Now add a layer of about a tablespoon of pineapple. If you'd like, put one cherry on top, pressing it into the pineapple layer so it's level.
• Bake the cupcakes about 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 5 minutes. CArefully run a dinner knife around the edges of the cupcakes and invert the cupcake pan onto the wire rack. Let the cupcakes cool for about 20 minutes; and then enjoy!