Upside-Down Sunshine Cake

I decided to make this cake for a church potluck dinner as the recipe seemed easy to prepare. And it was. BUT, to me, this cake wasn't anything special. And very orange! At least the cake color went along with the season of the year...Autumn!

OMG! Beyond ahmazing! I absolutly loved this recipe and the rest of my family enjoyed it as well. I tweeked the cake mix a bit by adding less than 1/4 of vegetable oil when it normaly called for 1/3 cup. I also substituted the 3 eggs it called for with the remaining juice from the pineapples. This recipe was oustanding and reminded me of my mother's cake she taught me how to make. I cannot wait to eat the leftover cake tmrw!

I had no problems with the recipe. I did use sugar free jello and it worked just fine. I used a glass pan and after baking the required 40-45 minutes the cake slid right out of the pan. I will be making this again for family get togethers.

Haven't tasted it yet, but just a heads up for those who try it. It took 45-55 minutes to bake it, not 30 minutes as instruced. Even though I had tested it with toothpick, it came out clean and only when I turned it upside down on plate did I realize it wasn't done. I put it back in cake pan and baked it for 20 more minutes. Haven't tried it yet, the top (which was the bottom) looks good, but am glad no one will be seeing the original top of the cake as it came apart when I took it out of the pan the first time. Also, I had to get on line for nutritional info. It is not supplied in "Food and Family" where my husband found the recipe. Glad those I plan on serving it to are all close friends and family.

The cake looked really nice but ended up being a bit dry. I used a lot of extra cherris on top and that did help.

Alittle disappointed with cake and the color but the flavor was okay. I will try the peach recipe next time. The true test will be when I take the cake to work for a birthday dinner. I hope I don't embarass myself with this cake.

Added pineapple juice to water to equal the 1-1/3 cups liquid called for in the cake mix. Think coconut would be good addition for pineapple top as well. Tasty and quick, will make again.

This cake is very easy to make and has a wonderful flavor to it and it is a nice light cake for summer time. My whole family loved it. I will make this again. I found that you can also use crushed pineapples in place of the rings,the cherry's you can chop up and place them on top of the crushed pineapple.

I really enjoyed this cake, easy to make. In fact I'm baking it again for a potluck at work.

As others said cooking time is definitely not enough. The orange jello mix made the cake too orange and the texture was awful. The middle of the cake stuck the to pan even though I sprayed like the recipe called for. Over all this was a citrusy orange disaster for me. The only plus side was the yellow cake that has a slight pineapple taste and the cherries. Other than that my cake looked nothing like the picture,