Cook's Hideout: Mango-Cashew Upside Down Cake

July 21, 2011

Mango-Cashew Upside Down Cake

Summer is HERE in our neck of woods. We have heat wave advisory for the next 3 days with temperatures reaching upto100°F (38°C). It’s nothing when compared to Indian temperature standards but we got so used to the weather here that anything above 35°F is scorching and makes us run for cover.

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But summer brings the yummy tropical fruits and veggies, so instead of complaining I just try to enjoy the warm weather and the bounty of treats it brings. We picked up a case of mangoes from our local Indian grocery and after enjoying them as is; I still had some left that needed to used up. Google brought me to this upside down cake and the picture was too tempting, so I had to try it right away.

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It was a perfect tea cake, fresh, nutty, not too sweet and quick and easy to make. I had to change the amount/ quantity of ingredients since the recipe used a 6” cake pan and I only have a 8” cake pan. I also substituted macadamia nuts with cashews since I didn’t them.

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Ingredients
Mangoes – 2 medium, peeled and thinly sliced (I diced my mangoes, but thinly slicing would make for a prettier cake) 
Lemon juice – 1½tbsp
Light Brown Sugar – ¼ cup 
Butter – 1½tbsp, melted 
Cashews – 3tbsp, chopped 

For the Cake batter:
Butter – 3tbsp, softened 
Sugar – 1/3 cup 
Egg – 1, lightly beaten 
All-purpose flour – 1 cup 
Baking powder – ¾ tsp 
Ground cardamom (elaichi) – ½tsp
Salt – ¼tsp 
Milk – 1/3 cup 

Method
  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 8” round cake pan with parchment paper and lightly spray with cooking spray.
  • In a small bowl, combine mango and lemon juice. 
  • Combine brown sugar and butter and sprinkle evenly in the cake pan. Arrange the mango slices and sprinkle the nuts. Set aside. 
  • Whisk flour, baking powder, salt and elaichi in a bowl. 
  • In a medium bowl, whisk butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg until incorporated. 
  • Add half of the flour mixture and whisk until incorporated, next add half of the milk and mix well. Repeat with remaining flour & milk. 
  • Pour the batter evenly over the prepared mangoes. 
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 
  • Cool for 5 minutes, before inverting onto a plate.
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Sending this over to Harini's "Only Baked" event which is a brain child of Pari @ Foodelicious.

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18 comments:

  1. We too are under the heat wave and this whole week we are in 90's. That's a rarity in Chicagoland area I should say. I was like 10 minutes outside yesterday and had a severe head ache that did not go away until night.
    Your cake really is like a fresh breath of air in this sultry summer weather. The cake along with the set up looks very pretty.

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  2. looks so gorgeous! nice recipe.. easy for me to make it eggless ;)
    Send it across to the 'Only-Baked' Event

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  3. The cake is very tastefully made and lovely clicks to go with it!Great job Pavani:)

    Cheers,
    Wit,wok&wisdom

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  4. Woww.. looks so gorgeous.. Thanks for the awesome recipe.. love it :)
    Indian Cuisine

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  5. I never thougt of mango in an upside down cake. Looks delicious.

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  6. Mango and cashewnut they cant fail anytime looks very tempting n yummy

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  7. That cake is absolutely gorgeous. Mangos=win :)

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  8. Lovely! Awesome cake..Never heard of it before..

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  9. I have never baked mangoes! Love that you used macadamias. Those are my very favorite nuts.

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  10. What a great summer cake/dessert ~ it looks perfectly baked and scrumptious, this recipe looks like a keeper!
    US Masala

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  11. hey there...thts a lovely cake...i want to try but just one doubt..i have a microwave instead of convection oven., do u have any idea how to prepare the same in microwave... :)

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  12. wow awesome recipe...very colorful and very nice clicks too..

    my first time here....

    http://anuzhealthykitchen.blogspot.com/2011/07/event-berries-strawberry-desserts.html

    Am hosting an event on berries this month...hope to see some recipes from you....and a chance to guest host too...

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  13. Superb upside down cake! What a vibrant color!!

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