One of my favorite things to do on a Saturday is watch cooking shows. I watch a lot of cooking shows from the Great British Baking show to Martha Bakes hosted by Martha Stewart. So I was watching Martha Bakes weeks ago when I saw her make a mango upside down cake. Let’s just say that I fell in love with the concept IMMEDIATELY.
The cake batter is poured over a layer of mangoes, baked, turned upside down and served.
I hopped on the internet to find recipes for mango upside down cakes. Most recipes included ingredients I didn’t want to include in the cake like rum, bananas, buttermilk, mango syrup (from a can). I mean, I just wanted a simple moist cake topped with the beauty of fresh mangoes.
So I had to concoct my own cake batter which is so simple but incredibly moist! The ingredients include good ole’ flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, baking powder, salt, milk and eggs (see full recipe below for quantities).
The mangoes cook beneath the cake batter over a decadent sugar and butter mixture. The taste after baking is to die for! I’ll let you bake the cake and try it for yourself. This recipe is a MUST-MAKE.
I start by greasing my cake pan then coating the bottom with a sugar and butter mixture. Then I arrange freshly sliced mangoes over the sinful sugar-butter mixture.
Then I mix my batter and pour over the mango goodness.
Then I bake to golden brown perfection!
Then turn the cake upside down!
Yummy to the 1000th power! This cake is fruity, sweet, bursting with flavors from the tropics due to the abundance of fresh mangoes. Enjoy!
A classic upside cake made with mangoes. Fruity, incredibly moist and insanely delicious!
- 2 cups flour (250 g)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar (300 g)
- 2 large mangoes sliced into 1/2 inch slices
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (12 tablespoons) melted
- 1 cup whole (liquid) milk (240 ml)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Grease a 10 inch baking pan with oil or melted butter, preheat oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C.
Mix one third (1/2) cup of melted butter with 1/2 cup of sugar then spread mixture to coat the bottom of the baking pan.
Arrange mango slices over the butter and sugar coating. They should be tightly packed, leaving no space in between.
Make the cake batter. In a large bowl, mix together melted butter, sugar, milk and vanilla extract. Add in eggs and mix well. Then add in flour, baking powder, salt and whisk together to form a smooth batter.
Pour batter into prepared baking pan and smoothen the top with a spatula.
Bake in prepared oven for about 50 minutes until it is golden brown ontop and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Turn cake upside down and serve!
1. You may want to reduce the sugar content of the batter to half or a quarter cup if you do not have much of a sweet tooth,
If you make this goodness, please snap a picture and share with me on social media. Instagram: @preciouscore, Facebook.com/preciouscore.
Nora says
August 2, 2017 at 9:19 amMy to-cook list is overflowing, thanks to you!! I am definitely going to give this a try. I am drooling just looking at it and to think I am not so a cake person! Way to go Presh!! 🙂
Precious says
August 2, 2017 at 9:35 pmAwww, thanks darling! This one is a keeper. It is great for those days when you want to indulge. A must-cook!
Bisola says
August 2, 2017 at 12:13 pmIt looks so normal after baking, then you turn it upside down and it’s a delightful yummy looking colourful mango filled surprise.
I want. I want.
Precious says
August 2, 2017 at 9:38 pmExactly Bisi! I love the pleasant surprise when the cake is ‘unveiled’.
claudine efenge says
August 3, 2017 at 4:56 amyou will adopt my 14 year old daughter. She watches all cooking shows, master chef, cooking with pankash,celebrity chef…etc… the pikin too much. Now she’s hooked to Aunty Precious…i don suffer try and error recipes…
she read this and said deli deli….trouble. we will try this on saturday
Precious says
August 4, 2017 at 11:01 amAwww she’s my kind of girl!
I LOVE cooking shows. This recipe is a show-stopper. Hope you guys enjoy it much as I do.
Have a great weekend!
Longchi theresia says
August 3, 2017 at 1:34 pmGreat woman,magic, I can say,could not believe this.
Precious says
August 4, 2017 at 11:08 amAwww Theresia, you are so kind. Thank you!
Ajiri Faith says
August 5, 2017 at 9:19 amHello Precious,you are incredible,God bless for sharing ur ideal with us.
Precious says
August 7, 2017 at 2:01 pmAwww, thank you Faith!
Dominika says
August 8, 2017 at 11:23 amPrecious oooo, I am salivating. I love this innovative recipe. You are such a genius, I love you sister.
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Precious says
August 9, 2017 at 1:23 pmI love you too, sister. Thank you!
claudine efenge says
August 9, 2017 at 6:49 amPre, it turned out right….thumbs up
Precious says
August 9, 2017 at 1:24 pmYes!!! Praise Master Jesus!
And thanks so much for the feedback, sis.
Dremoh says
March 27, 2018 at 10:34 amHi Precious, thank you for the wonderful work you are doing to upgrade us in the power house. Please I would like to ask a question on measurements. For the recipe above; 2 cups of flour 250 grams means 2 cups of 250g or 2 cups of 125 grams each which equals 250g? I have had issues with this a couple of times and thought I should ask for clarification. Thank you and have a blessed day.
Precious says
March 28, 2018 at 6:12 amHi Dremoh, 1 cup of flour is equal to 125 grams so 2 cups of flour equal 250 grams (that’s 125 times 2). Hope this is clear.