Upside-down cake

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In traditional American cooking, an upside-down cake is a cake usually made in a pan with a curved bottom then, once cooked, turned over and allowed to set, and is eaten upside-down. Usually, chopped fruits such as pineapples and cherries are placed at the bottom of the pan before the batter is poured in, so that they form a decorative topping once the cake is inverted.

[edit] In culture

In the 1941 Disney film The Reluctant Dragon, the title character recites a poem about upside-down cake at one point, which he calls "Ode to an Upside-Down Cake".

Pineapple Upside-down cake is referenced in the Brak song "I Like Hubcaps" from the album: Brak Presents the Brak Album Starring Brak. In the song, Brak says: "I like pineapple upside-down cake, why's it upside-down? WHY'S IT UPSIDE-DOWN?"

In the first episode of The Jetsons, Rosey clobbers Mr. Spacely with a pineapple upside-down cake after he makes an insulting comment. Spacely then fires George, but later calls from a pay phone and offers him his job back after tasting the cake - which he is still wearing on his head.

In the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, Private Godfrey makes frequent reference to "my sister Dolly's upside-down cakes".

A PBS special in 1976 reported that the upside-down cake was a choking hazard for small children. This caused wide spread panic in the food industry that lead to massive recalls in baking pans.

[edit] See also

• Tarte Tatin