Red Gooseberry and Polenta Upside-Down Cake

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
How To Eat In: Cooking at Home for Family and Friends

By Adam Byatt

Published 2010

  • About

I made this cake for the first time in late summer with plump red gooseberries, which are a great alternative to the green ones - slightly less sour and an amazing colour. The gooseberries balance out the sweetness of the filling and the texture of the polenta, which in turn soaks up all the delicious juices from the fruit.

Ingredients

  • 200 g red gooseberries
  • 290 g caster sugar
  • 150

Method

Preparation

Line the bottom of a 20cm springform cake tin with parchment paper.

Mix the gooseberries in a bowl with 40g of the sugar, then arrange them in the lined cake tin so they cover the bottom.

Combine the flour, polenta and baking powder together in a bowl.

Preheat the oven to