Whisk together the dry ingredients and set aside.
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Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs one at a time and mix. Mix in the vanilla extract next. Then, add the dry mixture in intervals, alternating with the pineapple juice and the milk. Mix.
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Meanwhile, melt butter in a cast iron skillet. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Top with pineapple slices and fill in the spaces with maraschino cherries.
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Pour the cake batter over the top and bake. Let cool before serving.
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