An upside-down cake is a
cake that is
baked "upside-down" in a single pan, usually a
skillet, with its toppings at the bottom of the pan. When removed from the oven, the finished upside-down preparation is flipped over and de-panned onto a serving plate, thus "righting" it, and serving it right-side up.[1]
The first American recipes for upside-down cake, using prunes, appeared in newspapers in 1923.[5][6]
Traditional upside-down preparations include the
Americanpineapple upside-down cake, the
FrenchTarte Tatin,[7] and the
Brazilian or
Portuguesebolo de ananás (also known as bolo de abacaxi). In the United States, pineapple upside down cakes became popular in the mid-1920s after
Dole Pineapple Company sponsored a contest for pineapple recipes.[8][9] They received over 2,500 various submissions for the inverted pineapple cake and ran an advertisement about it, which increased the cake's popularity.[10][11]