Upside-Down Cake

Name: Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) bitter or best quality plain chocolate; 40 g (1½ oz) plain flour; 3 eggs; 25 g (1 oz) butter; 75 g (3 oz) plain chocolate; 150 g (5 oz) vanilla caster sugar; a pinch of salt; 75 g (3 oz) unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus extra for greasing; 1 tablespoon milk

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

This delectable cake forms a light crust when it is baked which provides a base when the cake is turned upside-down. The chocolate glaze wraps it up into a very special treat. It makes a perfect dinner party dessert.

Ingredients

For the cake

100 g (3½ oz) bitter or best quality plain chocolate
75

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Oven temperature Gas Mark 4/180°C/350°F

Preheat the oven. Grease a 20 cm (8-inch