Upside-down berry cake

Upside-down berry cake

Pick up a pack of frozen berries to make this easy cake. The rest of the ingredients are sure to be in your storecupboard

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour 15 minutes

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line a deep 20cm spring-form cake tin with paper and grease it. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and then fold in the flour and almonds. Fold in enough water to make the mixture spoonable. Drain any excess juice off the berries and tip them into the base of the tin. Add the golden syrup, then spoon the cake mixture on top.
  2. Bake for 1 hour or until the cake is cooked through. Cool the cake in the tin, turn out and remove the paper.

Per serving

311 kcalories, protein 5.1g, carbohydrate 35.5g, fat 17.5 g, saturated fat 9.5g, fibre 1.2g, salt 0.53 g

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2009.

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  • 28 March 2009

    panda0_3 rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 28 March 2009

    Destiny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Luv berries..Looks very tempting and easy to make...Will try it asap...

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  • 28 March 2009

    debs recipes commented on this recipe

    This looks lovely. Am going to give it a try tomorrow.

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  • 29 March 2009

    lostkat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this today. Incredibly easy and tastes absolutely delicious. Very summery! Next time I'll use more berries though as 200g wasn't enough to completely cover the base of my cake tin. Also make sure you put a baking sheet on the bottom of the oven, as the berries seep juice everywhere. Luckily I have a teflon sheet on the bottom of mine.

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  • 03 April 2009

    thecakepimp commented on this recipe

    I've made this twice now, once following the recipe to the letter and a second time tweaking the process a little. I found using a solid based pan worked better (not a springform) and mine only needed 45 minutes at this temperature (it was worth checking). I also kept all the juices from the defrosted berries in the tin and added 2 tablespoons of room temperature milk to the batter (rather than water). Lovely cake and very simple.

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  • 03 April 2009

    thecakepimp rated this recipe

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  • 16 April 2009

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I agree that this cake does leak a bit out of a springform tin which is a shame as it would be great to keep all the juices from the berries. I wanted to serve this for pudding so added 100g white chocolate chunked and served it with the white chocolate custard recipe elsewhere on this site.

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  • 20 April 2009

    Colette rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this cake last week and I agree the comments above. The juice of the berries leaked out of the tin leaving the berry topping dry. I made a sauce of more berries and served it with the cake to bring it back to life.

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  • 27 April 2009

    al's kitchen commented on this recipe

    This was divine, although mine looked considerably more, er, rustic than the picture! I thought I'd be clever and use the full pack of berries as 200g didn't look enough, so this made the bubbling of juices out of the tin quite bad, but luckily I'd taken the advice of placing a tray underneath so there was no mess. This would also be good served as a warm pudding.

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  • 01 June 2009

    denisebrise rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious! Perfect for the summer. Definitely best made in a solid base tin AND baking paper, so that the fruit doesn't stick to the bottom (which happened to me!) All was good in the end. Added 120gr of custard and some vanilla essence to the cake mix, which gave the sponge a smooth taste to contrast with the berries. Yummm!!!

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  • 02 October 2009

    caroline rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    easy to make, more like a pudding serve with cream or custard great

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  • 05 May 2010

    blossom favs rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely yummy! I had a silicon cake tin which was great no leakage out of the bottom and you could just roll it out of the case and no need to line or grease! I also used slightly more berries then the recipe said to get a bit more of an even coverage of fruit too.

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  • 31 May 2010

    beanie_edwards rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Didn't quite turn out how it looks on here, the berries were very dark but I did have to leave it in for an extra half hour to cook through.. Cake part was very tasty, not so keen on the berries..

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  • 31 May 2010

    beanie_edwards commented on this recipe

    I meant to give it 3 stars not 2!

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  • 01 July 2010

    mmow rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Made this cake yesterday very easy to do - used fresh blackcurrants from the allottment. No leakage. It took a little bit longer to cook though - at least 10 minutes. Haven't tried it yet but it does look yummy!

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  • 01 July 2010

    jean h-b commented on this recipe

    I CANNOT BEAR GROUND ALMONDS SO USED CUSTARD POWDER INSTEAD OF IT AND IT TASTED LOVELY

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  • 01 July 2010

    jean h-b rated and commented on this recipe

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    FORGOT TO RATE THIS IT IS EASY A 4, AND I USED A SILICON TIN ALSO, THEY ARE GREAT

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  • 08 September 2010

    joycallanan rated this recipe

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  • 07 January 2011

    madchef rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Gorgeous! SILICONE bakeware is fantastic! go to QVC . I have loads. Nothing sticks EVER

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  • 30 January 2011

    Samsamdonteatham commented on this recipe

    I have made this a few times and each time it has been delicious but the results never look like the picture despite various tweaks that I make to achieve the intended appearance of the cake. Mine always looks a bit messy... for example the berrys get pushed to the side of the cake tin, which is a bit annoying. Any suggestions to resolve this would be much appreciated because I do love the taste of the cake :-)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 200g butter
  • 200g golden caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 225g self-raising flour
  • 25g ground almonds
  • 200g frozen mixed berries , defrosted
  • 2 tbsp golden syrup
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Per serving

311 kcalories, protein 5.1g, carbohydrate 35.5g, fat 17.5 g, saturated fat 9.5g, fibre 1.2g, salt 0.53 g

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