Instructions: When was the last time you baked an upside-down cake? They were all the rage a few decades ago.

Basically, it is prepared by placing melted butter and sugar in a baking pan, arranging fruit on top of the sugar in a decorative fashion, then adding cake batter. Once baked and inverted, the cake shows its lovely fruit topping.

In the old days, pineapple upside-down cake was the rage. The top of the cake glistened with melted brown sugar, covered with canned pineapple rings, their centers stuffed with maraschino cherries. It was quite a show and remarkably sweet to the tooth. But any fruit will do.

You still can bake upside-down cake in a cast-iron pan (or any other kind of skillet), but most people make them in a regular cake pan. Smaller versions might be prepared in muffin tins, custard cups or ramekin molds. Upside-down cake is best served warm, accompanied by ice cream or whipped cream.

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