I never grew up with upside down cake. I feel like I was robbed of the experience, because upside down cakes are quite tasty and pretty! Though, my first experience with upside down cake almost ruined the whole idea for me. It was the traditional pineapple with cherries decorated on the top, but it was so dry and flavorless – it was awful. It took a while to try it again, which I have to give my best friend and the Great British Baking Show credit for! He made an amazing caramel apple upside down cake and my whole paradigm shifted.
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My best friend moved to another country, so I have had to take up baking (Yes, I was spoiled). Now, both you and I can try making our own upside down cakes with the Glorious Upside Down Cakes: Let Your Dessert World Turn Up-Side-Down cookbook!
Upside down cakes are out of this world in so many ways. They are stunning pieces of art, but honestly don’t take a whole lot of time to make. Each recipe in Glorious Upside Down Cakes: Let Your Dessert World Turn Up-Side-Down cookbook takes 30 minutes tops. All of these recipes are made in one single pan with its topping in the bottom. Once the cake it finished you just flip it over and plop it onto a cake stand and voila – Gorgeous cake!
If you’re worried you will be pigeonholed into cooking the same cake with different fruit, don’t worry, there are vastly unique flavors and fruits to use all year around. You can bake an apple pie cheese cake upside down cake for Thanksgiving next year or a cherry upside down cake for your next Fourth of July! The possibilities are endless, plus it’s an opportunity to experiment with your preferred flavors!
There are about 30 strictly upside down cake recipes in Glorious Upside Down Cakes: Let Your Dessert World Turn Up-Side-Down cookbook. All the ingredients are very easy to accumulate and exceptionally easy to make. Patricia Baker, the author, suggests using some of your favorite fruits or dry fruit toppings and straightforward cake mixes to create superb desserts.
What kinds of fruit would you like to try with a upside down cake? I love the look of dragon fruit, but am unsure how that would translate to an upside down cake. I guess I will have to get the Glorious Upside Down Cakes: Let Your Dessert World Turn Up-Side-Down cookbook and try it myself!
~Kaiti