Tropical Upside-Down Cake

Serves: 2

Amos O'Hara

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

47

Spice

59

Sweetness

56

Sourness

45

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 cups

Cake Flour

2 tsps

Baking Powder

1 pinch

Salt

3 cup

Milk

Directions:

1

Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F

2

Generously butter a 13 by 9-inch baking pan

3

Heat 4 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium heat

4

Add the mango, pineapple, brown sugar, and rum

5

Cook, stirring often, until the sugar is melted and bubbling

6

Cool until tepid

7

Sift together the flour, baking powder, ginger, and salt and set aside

8

Beat the remaining 8 tablespoons of butter and the sugar in a large bowl with a hand-held electric mixer at high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes

9

Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, then the vanilla

10

On low speed, add the flour in 3 additions, alternating with 2 additions of the milk, and beat until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl often with a rubber spatula

11

Arrange the fruit in a single layer in the pan, and pour the syrup over all

12

Sprinkle with the pecans

13

Spread the batter evenly over the fruit

14

Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 35 minutes

15

Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack

16

Invert and unmold onto a large serving platter

17

(If any pieces of fruit stay in the pan, just remove them and arrange them in their place on the cake

18

) Pour any juices in the pan over the cake

19

Serve warm or completely cooled, with the ice cream