Desserts · CRESPO KITCHEN

Mango Cardamom Upside-Down Cake

Fruit baked beneath the cake becomes the top when inverted.

60 min approx.10 servingsFresh mango

Ingredient photograph: Diced mango. Alberta Studios · Pexels. Original. Photography credits.

Ingredients

350 g sliced mango
130 g butter, divided
60 g brown sugar
120 g white sugar
2 eggs
180 g flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon cardamom
100 ml milk

Method

Heat oven to 175°C/350°F. Melt 40 g butter with brown sugar; spread in a 22 cm round pan. Arrange mango on top.
Beat remaining butter with white sugar. Add eggs one at a time.
Add flour, baking powder and cardamom alternating with milk. Spread over mango.
Bake for 35–40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Rest for 10 minutes and carefully invert.

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Research sources

Wording and formulations prepared for this RCF collection, pending kitchen testing. Times are estimates. Sources consulted for ingredients and techniques:

mango.org