Old-Fashioned Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

My first (and for a long time, my last) experience with pineapple upside-down cake was in my elementary school cafeteria, where it was often a dessert choice, along with red and green Jell-O cubes, fruit cocktail, and chocolate pudding. Since I rarely was allowed sweets at home, I took full advantage at school and always gobbled up whatever I was handed. I remember a jarringly sweet and artificial-tasting thick piece of cake topped with pale, skinny canned pineapple rings and maraschino che