11 Exceptional Upside-Down Cake Recipes, From Peach to Pineapple
These cakes are all about the caramelized fruit.
The simple technique of caramelizing fruit and arranging at the bottom of a cake pan, topping with cake batter, and flipping after baking and cooling yields a timeless classic: upside-down cakes. The method embeds seasonal fruit with concentrated flavor into the top of a cake and produces a beautiful presentation. These upside-down cake recipes celebrate peaches, pineapple, and berries for summer occasions, apples and pears for autumn, citrus in winter (or whenever), and stunning rhubarb in the spring. Here's inspiration to bake an incredibly simple and showstopping cake.
Apple Upside-Down Cake
Cara Cormack
You only need two Golden Delicious apples for this buttery, vanilla-scented cake created by Grace Parisi.
Vegan Peach-Almond Upside-Down Cake
Nutty almond meal adds a soft texture to this cake and helps it hold together as the peaches soften and sweeten during baking. Choose a gluten-free flour blend and nut-based nondairy milk for a vegan, gluten-free summer treat.
Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake with Orange Zest
Balance tender pieces of tart rhubarb with a brown-sugar topping on this vanilla- and orange-scented cake from Anna Theoktisto.
Lemon Upside-Down Cake
Cal Peternell uses sweet Meyer lemons for this quick upside-down cake that would work well with figs, blood oranges, or pineapple, too.
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
© Tina Rupp
Kristin Ferguson infuses fresh pineapple pieces with vanilla bean, sugar, then bakes the fruit with this sour cream vanilla cake that's earned five-star reviews.
Maple-Apple Upside-Down Cake
Joanne Chang infuses Granny Smith apples and vanilla cake with maple syrup for rich, warming flavor.
Bumbleberry Buttermilk Upside-Down Cake
Caramelize a medley of blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries to top this tender, lemony buttermilk cake from Gail Simmons.
Plum Upside-Down Cake
© Nicole Franzen
Top Joanne Chang's moist and buttery cake with sweet and tangy caramelized plums for a picture-perfect summer treat.
Spiced Upside-Down Apple Bundt Cake
David Guas bakes a crisp, salty streusel of pecans and toasted rolled oats to pack over the top of this spiced Granny Smith apple cake as it cools.
Ginger and Pear Upside-Down Cake
Grace Parisi turns very firm Bosc pears into a tender topping for this vanilla cake spiced with cinnamon, ground ginger, and nutmeg.
Fresh Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Diana Sturgis says this cake gained popularity in the 1920s, when supersweet canned pineapple and Maraschino cherries were chic.
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