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

Examples of upside-down cake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Others communicate a new space between cultures: plantain upside-down cake, collard greens empanadas, and guava cream cheese doughnuts. —Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024

Or trompe l’oeil gifts of all varieties: There's an upside-down cake candle, a handblown glass camembert Christmas tree ornament from John Derian, and even a croissant lamp, made out of an actual croissant! —Chloe Malle, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024

Some baking recipes even call for a bit of pineapple (like pineapple upside-down cake). —Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024

And who can go wrong with either the chocolate cake served with blackberry ice cream or pineapple upside-down cake partnered with dulce de leche ice cream? —Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

upside-down cake

noun

: a cake baked with a layer of fruit (as pineapple) on the bottom and served fruit side up