Definition of upside-down cake
: a cake baked with its batter covering an arrangement of fruit (such as pineapple) and served with the fruit side up
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The eye-catcher on one recent trip was a giant serving of deep-dish pineapple upside-down cake.
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The upside-down cakes, iced on all sides, come in more than a dozen flavors that include carrot, vanilla bean, and seasonal variations, like caramel apple.
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But don’t stop there: Apply it to a peach upside-down cake or sophisticated olive oil cake.
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In the Interior, pineapple upside-down cake is eaten with a salad made of lard, sugar, berries and whitefish.
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In the interior, pineapple upside-down cake is eaten with a salad made of lard, sugar, berries and whitefish.
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First Known Use of upside-down cake
1925
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: a cake that is baked with a layer of fruit (such as pineapple) on the bottom and then turned over and served with the fruit side up
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