It is standard behavior for iOS. You could see the same layout in "Photos" application when create new Album in landscape mode.
I think the best way in this situation: place all text to message
but title
set to nil.
In your case:
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc]
initWithTitle:nil
message:@"Title: Enter a name for your recipe"
delegate:self
cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel"
otherButtonTitles:@"OK", nil];