An upside-down cake is a
cake that is
baked "upside-down" in a single pan, with its toppings at the bottom of the pan. When removed from the oven, the finished upside-down preparation is flipped over and de-panned onto a serving plate, thus "righting" it, and serving it right-side up.
Usually chopped or sliced
fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...
s — such as
apple
An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, ' ...
s,
cherries,
peaches
The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fu ...
, or
pineapple
The pineapple (''Ananas comosus'') is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuri ...
s — butter, and sugar are placed on the bottom of the pan before the
batter is poured in, so that they form a baked-on
topping
Topping may refer to:
* Hill-topping, a mate-acquisition strategy amongst insects
* Topping, slang term for capital punishment, especially hanging or beheading
* Topping (surname), the name of several people
* Topping (agriculture), a practice ...
after the cake is inverted. A simple
cottage pudding cake batter
Batter is a flour mixture with liquid and other ingredients such as sugar, salt and leavening agent, leavening used for cooking. It usually contains more liquid than doughs, which are also mixtures of flour and liquid. Batters are usually a po ...
may be used.
The first American recipes for upside-down cake, using prunes, appeared in newspapers in 1923.
Traditional upside-down preparations include the
American pineapple upside-down cake, the
French Tarte Tatin
The tarte Tatin (), named after the Tatin sisters who invented it and served it in their hotel as its signature dish, is a pastry in which the fruit (usually apples) is caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked. It originated in ...
, and the
Brazilian or
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
''bolo de ananás'' (also known as ''
bolo de abacaxi''). In the United States, pineapple upside down cakes became popular in the mid-1920s after
Dole
Dole may refer to:
Places
* Dole, Ceredigion, Wales
* Dole, Idrija, Slovenia
* Dole, Jura, France
** Arrondissement of Dole
* Dole (Kladanj), a village at the entity line of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina-Republika Srpska
* Dole, Ljubušk ...
Pineapple Company sponsored a contest for pineapple recipes. They received over 2,500 various submissions for the inverted pineapple cake and ran an advertisement about it, which increased the cake's popularity.
Gallery
File:Upside-down cake.jpg, American pineapple upside-down cake
File:Pear Upside-Down Cake (26158091401).jpg, Pear upside-down cake
File:Upside down pineapple cake (829293767).jpg, Crushed pineapple
File:Apricot upside-down cornmeal cake (2712225012).jpg, Apricot and cornmeal
See also
*
Pineapple cake
References
External links
*
Cakes
Pineapple dishes
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