How to make upside-down strawberry yeast cake step by step

Step 1 - prepare the yeast starter

• Crumble the yeast into a bowl, add sugar and mix lightly together.
  15 g yeast , 1 teaspoon sugar
• Pour in the milk and mix until the yeast dissolves.
  120 ml lukewarm milk
  
• Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and set aside in a warm place for 15-20 minutes.

Step 2 - prepare the yeast dough

• Pour flour into a large bowl, add egg, sugar and butter.
  300 g wheat flour - all-purpose, 50 g sugar, 1 egg, 40 g butter
  
• Pour in the yeast starter.
• Knead a smooth and thick dough.
  
• Cover the bowl with the dough with a cloth and set aside for about an hour to rise.

Step 3 - prepare the baking pan

• Grease a sealed (preferably ovenproof) baking pan with butter.
• Sprinkle sugar on the bottom and spread it over the entire base.
  50 g sugar
  
• Arrange the strawberries, cut in half, densely with the cut side down.
  approx 500 g strawberries
  
• Cut the remaining strawberries into smaller cubes.

Step 4 - prepare the yeast rolls

• Take the risen yeast dough out onto a floured surface and knead briefly.
• Roll out the dough into a thin flat cake about 0.5 cm thick.
  
• Sprinkle the top of the dough with chopped strawberries.
  
• Roll the dough into a log - along the narrower side.
  
• Cut the dough into 8 roughly equal pieces.
  
• Arrange the rolls on top of the strawberries.
  
• Cover the pan with the rolls with cling film and leave for 30 minutes to puff up.
  
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 170 degrees (fan-assisted).

Step 5 - bake the strawberry rolls

• Place the pan with the rolls in the oven and bake for about 30 minutes - you can check with a skewer if the rolls are well baked inside.

Step 6 - removing the yeast cake from the pan

• Leave the pan with the hot yeast cake to cool for about an hour.
• After this time, cut around it with a knife along the perimeter.
• Place a larger plate on top and carefully turn the pan upside down with the plate - be careful, as strawberry juice may leak.
  
• Remove the pan from the top of the cake.
  
• You can now serve the cake :)