My mom (and I presume her mother before her) made this cake a little differently: melt one stick of butter in your cast iron skillet, add a pound of brown sugar, and cook it over a high-ish heat until the sugar is melted and bubbly, stirring occasionally. Then add the pineapple (my mom sometimes made it with crushed, but I do not like it that way), pour over it the yellow cake recipe of your choice, and put it into the oven. Unfortunately, I am the only one in my family who likes pineapple upside down cake, so I seldom make it. Alas!

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