upside-down cake
noun
: a cake baked with its batter covering an arrangement of fruit (such as pineapple) and served with the fruit side up
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Snack fiends, be prepared: there are a lot of can’t-miss Disney World foods, including pineapple upside-down cake topped with Dole Whip from Aloha Isle, cheeseburger spring rolls at The Spring Roll Cart, and the pepper jack pretzel from Cheshire Cafe.
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Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2024
Lemon Upside-Down Cake This lemon upside-down cake, inspired by an orange caradamom upside-down cake from pastry chef David Lebovitz, is prepared in a skillet lined with brown sugar and thin slices of lemon (peel and all).
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
But don’t stop there: Apply it to a peach upside-down cake or sophisticated olive oil cake.
—Charlotte Druckman, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Spruce up your tree with Mickey Mouse as a cinnamon roll, Minnie Mouse as a strawberry cupcake, and Stitch as a pineapple upside-down cake.
—Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
Inspired by nostalgic pineapple upside-down cake and riffing on my family’s pumpkin loaf, this skillet dessert embeds glossy rings of apple and cranberries in a tender, spiced crumb.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
The upside-down cake is a bit of a Southern specialty.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
The East Nashville taproom opened in 2016, and the team has spent the last seven years creating over 1,000 different beers — including a blueberry cobbler sour ale, a mango upside-down cake IPA, and Southern Crisp, a classic pilsner.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2023
Pineapple upside-down cake gets baked with a base of ooey gooey pineapple slices, which become sticky and sweet during their time in the oven.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 June 2023
Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2024
Lemon Upside-Down Cake This lemon upside-down cake, inspired by an orange caradamom upside-down cake from pastry chef David Lebovitz, is prepared in a skillet lined with brown sugar and thin slices of lemon (peel and all).
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
But don’t stop there: Apply it to a peach upside-down cake or sophisticated olive oil cake.
—Charlotte Druckman, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Spruce up your tree with Mickey Mouse as a cinnamon roll, Minnie Mouse as a strawberry cupcake, and Stitch as a pineapple upside-down cake.
—Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
Inspired by nostalgic pineapple upside-down cake and riffing on my family’s pumpkin loaf, this skillet dessert embeds glossy rings of apple and cranberries in a tender, spiced crumb.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
The upside-down cake is a bit of a Southern specialty.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
The East Nashville taproom opened in 2016, and the team has spent the last seven years creating over 1,000 different beers — including a blueberry cobbler sour ale, a mango upside-down cake IPA, and Southern Crisp, a classic pilsner.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2023
Pineapple upside-down cake gets baked with a base of ooey gooey pineapple slices, which become sticky and sweet during their time in the oven.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 June 2023
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