Autumn Fruit and Nut Upside-Down Cake

Both American Upside-down Cake and French Tarte Tatin share the idea of baking fruit under a kind of edible duvet. When turned out, the fruit and its buttery juices are embedded in their delicious coverlet. Autumn fruits such as plums, damsons, raspberries, blackberries and pears work particularly well in this recipe but it can be made with whatever soft and stone fruits you have to hand – even those from the freezer. Serve the cake hot with crème fraîche or spoonfuls of vanilla ice-