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Peach Upside Down Cake

Peach Upside Down Cake - a classic summer dessert to be enjoyed when fresh peaches are at their, ripe, juicy best. Perfect with vanilla bean ice cream.
Course Dessert
Cuisine North American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 12 servings, or 9 large portions.
Calories 238 kcal
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

For the peach layer

  • 6 large peaches peeled or unpeeled, pitted and sliced into thick wedges
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp corn starch

For the cake layer

  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 2/3 cups sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/8 cup melted butter 1 ounce
  • 1/8 cup vegetable oil 1 ounce
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

To prepare the peach layer

  1. Toss all the ingredients for the peach layer together until well combined, then spread evenly on the bottom of a greased 9 inch square baking dish.

To prepare the cake layer

  1. Sift together the flour and baking powder and set aside.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment in place, whisk together the egg, sugar and vanilla extract on high speed until foamy and slightly stiffened.
  3. Mix the oil and melted butter together in a measuring cup with a spout.
  4. Slowly add the oil and butter mixture to the egg mixture in a slow stream as the mixer continues to whisk.
  5. Mix together the whipping cream, milk and lemon juice and add slowly to the mixing bowl continuing to mix but at a reduced speed.
  6. Fold in the dry ingredients by hand with a rubber spatula being careful not to over mix. Don't worry about small lumps in the batter, they are fine.
  7. Pour over the prepared peaches and bake at 350 degrees F (325 F for glass bake ware) for about 40 -50 minutes or until the fruit is bubbling and the cake passes the clean toothpick test.
  8. Let stand for about 20 minutes before serving with some good vanilla ice cream or vanilla whipped cream.

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.