 Pineapple upside-down cake | |
| Type | Cake |
|---|---|
| Main ingredients | Batter,fruit (apples,pineapples,cherries) |
Anupside-down cake is acake that isbaked "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.
An upside-down cake is a cake that is baked "upside-down" in a single pan—usually askillet—with the eventual toppings placed in 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. Flipping the cake before serving puts the right-side up, so that the ingredients that were in the bottom of the pan are thetoppings.[1] Usually chopped or slicedfruits—such asapples,cherries,peaches, orpineapples[2][3]—butter, and sugar are placed on the bottom of the pan before thebatter is poured in, so that they form a baked-on topping after the cake is inverted. A simplecottage puddingcake batter may be used.[4]
The first American recipes for upside-down cake, using prunes, appeared in newspapers in 1923.[5][6]
Traditional upside-down preparations include theAmericanpineapple upside-down cake, theFrenchTarte Tatin,[7] and theBrazilian orPortuguesebolo de ananás (also known asbolo de abacaxi). In the United States, pineapple upside down cakes became popular in the mid-1920s afterDole Pineapple Company sponsored a contest for pineapple recipes.[8][9] They received over 2,500 various submissions for the inverted pineapple cake and ran an advertisement about it, which increased the cake's popularity.[10][11]
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