Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 6 Tablespoons butter (melted)
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 20 oz +8 oz can pineapple chunks in pineapple juice (or substitute fresh pineapple)
  • 12 Maraschino cherries
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened to room temperature)
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350F and lightly spray a 12-count cupcake tin with baking spray.
  • Evenly divide butter into the bottom of each cupcake well.
  • Sprinkle each well with 1 Tablespoon of brown sugar.
  • Rim the bottom of each pan by laying 4 pineapple chunks in a flower pattern over the butter and brown sugar.
  • Press a Maraschino cherry into the center of each "flower". Set aside.