Home | Cookbooks | Diary | Magic Menu | Surprise! | More ≡

Upside Down Cake

Cakes

Baked sponge cake with a fruit preparation, commonly jam, or pineapple rings in syrup, at the base of the pan, so as to form the top of the cake when turned out.


Upside-Down Cake
Image: www.delightfulrepast.com/


The term 'upside down' is known at least since 1340 (OED), but with reference to cake only since the end of the 19th Century.

See: Black Cap Pudding





MORE FROM Foods of England...
Cookbooks Diary Index Magic Menu Random Really English? Timeline Donate English Service Food Map of England Lost Foods Accompaniments Biscuits Breads Cakes and Scones Cheeses Classic Meals Curry Dishes Dairy Drinks Egg Dishes Fish Fruit Fruits & Vegetables Game & Offal Meat & Meat Dishes Pastries and Pies Pot Meals Poultry Preserves & Jams Puddings & Sweets Sauces and Spicery Sausages Scones Soups Sweets and Toffee About ... Bookshop

Email: editor@foodsofengland.co.uk


COPYRIGHT and ALL RIGHTS RESERVED: © Glyn Hughes 2022
BUILT WITH WHIMBERRY