How to make a mixed fruit upside down cake-
Hi everyone! I’m Muna, and I run a food blog called MunatyCooking. When I was a kid, I liked to spend time with my mom learning how to cook, so when other kids were busy playing and breaking windows, I was breaking eggs, cutting vegetables, and mixing ingredients in the kitchen.
Mixed Fruit Upside Down Cake is my family favorite dessert. It’s a moist, light cake, and with each bite, you can taste a different caramelized piece of fruit. I’ve used more caramel since this is how my family likes it, but you can always reduce it to half.
If you enjoyed this recipe you might also like my Pineapple Butter Cake.
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Mixed Fruit Upside Down Cake
Ingredients
Caramel
- ¾ cup brown sugar 135 gm
- 2 tablespoon butter 30 gm
Fruits used
- 1 medium banana cut into circles
- 4 slices pineapple
- 1 large strawberry cut into circles
- 4 in Cherries cut halves discard seeds
Cake Batter:
- 1 ½ cup all purpose flour 180 gm
- Pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder 10 gm
- 3 medium eggs at room temperature
- ½ cup whole milk 120 ml
- ¾ tablespoon lemon juice 12ml
- 1 teaspoon vanilla 5 ml
- 1 cup sugar 200 gm
- 7 tablespoons butter 100 gm
Instructions
Caramel
- In a saucepan, add sugar and butter, stir until the butter melts.
- Stop stirring, but occasionally swirl the saucepan to make sure the sugar is being caramelized evenly.
- When you see bubbles forming at the edges of the saucepan, remove from heat.
- Pour the caramel in a 9" baking pan.
- Carefully arrange the fruits on the caramel any way you like, keep aside.
- *To prevent the banana from turning brown, brush with lemon juice.
Cake Batter
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C.
- In a bowl, sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
- In a different bowl, beat the butter with sugar until well combined.
- Add an egg at a time and beat until combined.
- Add the lemon juice to the milk and keep aside.
- Add half of the flour to the egg butter mixture, and stir gently.
- Pour half the milk mixture to the batter, and stir gently.
- Repeat the previous two steps. Pour the batter in your baking pan and spread evenly.
- Bake for 30 minutes. In some ovens, it may take up to 45 minutes. The cake is done when the surface is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Leave the cake in the pan for 5 minutes, and then flip on your serving plate.
sonali dey
Just wow muna dear, u always do awsam cooking, love the recipe,soon wanna try this in my home:-):-)
Jerri
Thanks for sharing; I’m just finishing a delectable slice of this cake right now. 🙂
Chef D
glad to hear you enjoyed it Jerri!
Muna Kenny
I’m happy that you’ve enjoyed it Jerri 🙂
JC Marc
I can’t wait to try this beautiful cake. Muna has a beautiful site and I am looking forward to perusing through her many creations. Thank you, Chef Dennis, for sharing this lovely artist.
Dionne Baldwin
Nice to meet you Muna! I imagine this cake to be moist, sweet and so perfect with the flavors and textures of the fruits. I will be trying this one! Thank you for sharing and thank you, Dennis, for the reminder to live in the moment!
Angie@Angie's Recipes
Muna, this is simply heavenly! I like the mix fruit in this upside down cake.
torviewtoronto and createwithmom
lovely pictures cake looks wonderful
Muna Kenny
@Gery , @foodwanderings @Lora, thank you and I hope you all enjoy the weekend 🙂
Lora ~ cakeduchess
Muna is very talented and I’m happy to see her here, Dennis. LOVE this cake!! Upside-down cakes are my favorite:)The photos are so pretty. I hope you both have a wonderful weekend:)
foodwanderings
Great guest post. Love the caramelization on this upside down cake. Just heaven!
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious
Beautiful moist looking cake!! And I know how easy it is too get too deep into the social media world…
Take care!
Muna Kenny
Thank you ladies 🙂
TasteofBeirut
What a lovely cake, perfect for summer! can’t wait to make it !
Lynn
Gorgeous cake Muna! It’s wonderful you grew up cooking with a mom. So much wisdom and knowledge to be had from moms. Look forward to checking out your blog/magazine.
Sandra's Easy Cooking
Chef D. I am so happy that you featured this talented lady:)
Muna is such a great person and very sweet just like her upside down cake. Beautiful pics Muna and great recipe.
Thank you both for sharing and have a wonderful weekend!
Muna Kenny
Sandra, you made me blush, and that doesn’t happen often 🙂 … You’re so sweet and I’m proud to be your friend! Have an awesome weekend.
Suzi
Oh my gosh this looks incredible. I love pineapple upside down cake and the added fruits are a beautiful addition. Thanks Chef for introducing Muna and it is nice to meet you. Have a wonderful weekend both of you. Cheers!
Muna Kenny
Hi Suzi, It’s nice to meet you too, and thanks for your sweet words!
Muna Kenny
Thank you all for the kind words, I’m glad that you liked my post. it is an honor to be here 🙂
Su Halfwerk
Both, the recipe (including images) and organization of post are impressive.
Thank you, Chef Denis, for sharing this post with us.
And Muna, the recipe looks, sounds, and feels yummy. Definitely worth a try.
Great post!
Luksana
thank you Chef Dennis and Muna. I would like to try this recipe soon. It is look good with caramel.
IdaBaker
I love upside down cake, and if the photos are any indication, this one looks sweet and gooey. I’ll have to try it. 🙂
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
What a pretty cake, I love all the beautiful fruit!
anna
what a beautiful cake! i love the look of the pineapple with the cherries in the middle. yum!