Caramelised
pineapple and fennel upside-down cake recipe
Recipe by Adam Liaw
Time: 30 mins - 1 hour
Serves: 8 to 10
“It may seem strange, but the aniseed flavour of fennel
combines with the tartness of pineapple to make a fantastic match” from the website.
Ingredients: ¼ cup white sugar; 1 small fennel bulb, cut
into thin half-moons (reserve fronds for garnish); 25g butter, plus extra for
greasing; ½ small pineapple, peeled, cored and thinly sliced lengthways into
wedges; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 300ml double cream, to serve
Cake batter: 2 cups plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp
ground fennel; ½ tsp salt; 150g butter; ½ cup sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla
extract
Method:
1. Combine the white sugar and 1½ cups water in a small
pan, bring to a simmer, add the fennel and cook for 10 minutes, until tender.
Drain, reserving 2 tbsp of the fennel water.
2. In a frying pan, heat the butter and fry the pineapple
for about 3 minutes until lightly browned. Add the brown sugar and stir gently
to create a caramel. Stir in the drained fennel and reserved fennel water,
ensuring that the caramel thoroughly coats the pineapple and fennel. Arrange
the pineapple and fennel in the base of a greased and lined 22cm-diameter cake
tin.
3. Preheat your oven to 180°C. For the cake batter, place
the flour, baking powder, ground fennel and salt in a bowl and mix to combine.
In a separate bowl, or the basin of a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar
together until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then mix
through the vanilla. To this, add the dry ingredients a little at a time,
mixing at a slow speed to form a smooth batter.
4. Pour the batter over the pineapple and fennel and bake
for 35 minutes, or until the top of the cake is golden brown and a skewer
inserted into the centre comes out clean. Allow to cool in the tin, then turn
out, garnish with the reserved fennel fronds and serve with cream.
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Really enjoyed listening to this - go Anne! Also, I LOVE fennel but had never thought of using it in something sweeter -- really great idea.
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