Mums Peach Upside Down Cake Food

UPSIDE-DOWN PEACH CAKE

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup butter; pour into an ungreased 9-in. round baking pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange peach slices in single layer over sugar. , In a large bowl, cream sugar and remaining butter until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Spoon over peaches., Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

MAKEOVER PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Drain peaches, reserving 2 tablespoons juice. Cut peach slices lengthwise in half; pat dry., In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter, spices and reserved juice; spread into a 9-in. round baking pan coated with cooking spray. Arrange peach slices over top., In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk together egg, vanilla, buttermilk and remaining butter. Add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened. Spoon over peaches., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Place butter and brown sugar in 9x13-inch pan and place in the oven while it's heating; when butter is melted, stir to combine.
• Mix cake as directed, using juice from peaches in place of water.
• Arrange peaches on top of sugar mixture, and spread batter over fruit.
• Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until cake tests done with a toothpick.
• Let stand 5 minutes for topping to set. Then place a large platter or cookie sheet over the pan and turn upside down.
• Serve warm or room temp with whipped topping or ice cream.

PEACH PECAN UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 10-inch round cake pan.
• Make topping: Place pecans in small baking pan and toast in oven until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Let cool.
• Melt butter in small saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, and bourbon. Heat to boiling and boil, stirring constantly, until thickened to consistency of syrup, about 5 minutes. Pour into prepared pan. Cut peaches into 1/2-inch-thick slices and arrange in concentric circles on syrup. Arrange pecans decoratively between peaches.
• Make cake batter: Sift flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt together into mixing bowl.
• Beat eggs and sugar together in mixer bowl on medium-high speed until thick and doubled in volume.
• Mix vanilla and melted butter in small bowl. Stir large spoonful of egg mixture into butter mixture, then gently fold back into egg mixture. Using rubber spatula, gently fold in flour mixture 1/4 cup at a time. Pour batter evenly over peaches.
• Bake until cake is golden and center springs back when lightly pressed, 30-35 minutes. Immediately run table knife around edge of cake and invert onto serving plate. Serve.

LOW-FAT PEACH UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour the melted margarine into an 8 x 8 x 2" baking pan, spreading to coat bottom and sides of pan.
• Arrange peaches in bottom of pan. Place the remaining margarine in food processor; process 10 seconds; add sugar; pulse 20 seconds. Add eggs, vanilla and almond extracts and 2 tablespoons water; process 10 seconds. Scrape down sides of work bowl; add remaining ingredients. Pulse until batter thickens.
• Spread evenly over peaches.
• Bake 25 - 30 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool on rack 2 minutes. Loosen around edges with metal spatula and invert onto serving plate.

PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Make the topping: In an oven-safe 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add the brown sugar, lemon juice and salt, and whisk until the brown sugar melts, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Let cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture starts to smell like caramel and darkens slightly, about 1 minute longer. (Don't walk away or the mixture may burn.) The mixture will clump and separate, but that's OK.
• Add fruit, gently tossing to coat with the caramel. Remove from the heat and arrange fruit into an even layer on the bottom of the skillet. Ignore any sugar clumps; they will dissolve during baking.
• Make the cake: In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest until thoroughly combined. Whisk in eggs, one at a time. Add sour cream and whisk until well mixed. Sprinkle in baking powder, salt and baking soda into the batter, one at a time, whisking vigorously after each addition.
• Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in flour until just incorporated. The mixture will be lumpy, but that's OK. Don't overmix. Scrape batter into the skillet over the fruit and spread evenly.
• Bake until surface is deeply browned all over (with darker brown edges) and the fruit is lightly bubbling around the sides of the skillet, about 35 to 45 minutes, rotating halfway through. A toothpick inserted into cake will come out clean.
• Once the cake is out of the oven, immediately run a butter knife or offset spatula around the edge of the skillet. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes to cool slightly. Carefully invert cake into serving platter. If some fruit sticks to bottom of skillet, gently remove using offset spatula or knife and place back onto cake. Let cake cool until the fruit topping sets, at least 30 minutes to 1 hour, before serving. Cake is best served on the day it is baked.

INDIVIDUAL PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Divide 2 tablespoons of the butter between 4 (6-ounce) ramekins. Melt the remaining tablespoon of butter and set aside. Evenly divide the brown sugar between the ramekins; sprinkling it into the bottoms of the dishes. Cut each peach into 12 to 14 pieces. Lay the peaches on top of the sugar; evenly dividing them between the dishes and sprinkle with the ginger. Set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl whisk together the sugar, buttermilk, vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon of melted butter. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir just until combine. Pour the batter over the peaches; dividing the mixture evenly between the dishes. Place on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the cake reaches an internal temperature of 190 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer.
• Remove from the oven to a rack and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of each dish and turn upside down onto a serving plate. Repeat with each cake. Serve immediately with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.

PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place 1 tablespoon of the butter in 8 ramekins, and rub all around the inside. Divide 1/4 cup of the sugar between the ramekins and turn so the insides are coated with sugar. Divide the peaches between the ramekins.
• In a large bowl, combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir to incorporate. In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, vanilla, eggs and lemon zest. Melt the remaining stick butter in a small saucepan and cook until brown; pour into the wet ingredients and mix together with a whisk. Add the wet mixture to the dry, and stir with a spatula until combined.
• Pour the batter over the peaches, filling to just below the top of the ramekins. Set the ramekins on a small baking sheet and transfer to the oven. Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool for 7 to 10 minutes.
• Run a paring knife or small offset spatula around the edge of each ramekin, and then invert the cakes onto serving plates.

UPSIDE-DOWN PEACH SPONGE

Steps:

• First make the topping. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 20 x 30cm baking or roasting tin and line with baking parchment. Sprinkle with the sugar-flour mix. Push a raspberry or cherry into the cavity of each peach half, then place the peaches, cut-side down, in the tin.
• To make the sponge batter, beat the butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, yogurt and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric whisk until lump-free. Spoon the mix into the tin, over and around the peaches, then bake for 50 mins-1 hr until golden and risen and a skewer poked in comes out clean.
• Cool briefly, then carefully run a cutlery knife around the edges to release any stuck bits. Turn the cake out onto a board and cut into squares. Delicious eaten warm with ice cream.

UPSIDE-DOWN PEACHES & CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160f fan/gas 4, line the tins and make the sponge base as described in the 'goes well with' recipe (below right), but do not divide it between the tins just yet.
• Halve and stone the peaches, then cut each half into 4. Toss the peaches with the sugar, then arrange in a single layer in one of the tins. Tip half the cake mix over the peaches and the other half into the second tin. Bake for 20-25 mins until cooked and golden - the tin containing the peaches may take 5-10 mins longer than the other. Leave to cool on a wire rack while you make the filling.
• Whisk the clotted cream with the sugar and vanilla until stiff. Spread this over the plain sponge, then carefully top with the peach sponge.

PEACH UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Mix cake batter according to directions on box, but substitute reserved peach juice/syrup for water.
• Add margarine, then eggs.
• Sprinkle some cinnamon & a little brown sugar [as much as desired!], then blend until it is thick. Set aside.
• In bottom of a 13"x9" non-stick cake pan, place peach halves, cut side down & with a cherry in the middle of each, lining bottom of pan with peaches.
• Sprinkle a little brown sugar over peaches.
• Put a whole pecan in each of the spaces where peach halves come together, & place more all around the pan.
• Drizzle A LITTLE BIT of the cherry liquid over the peaches.
• Pour cake batter over peaches, covering all of them.
• Bake cake according to directions on box, but increasing baking time A LITTLE BIT.
• When done, remove from oven & cool slightly before inverting cake onto a serving plate.
• Great served warm, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

PEACH UPSIDE DOWN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix together egg, milk and melted shortening. Set aside.
• Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Fold into egg mixture until just combined.
• Divide butter and brown sugar equally among 12 muffin tin cups. Heat in a 375*F oven until melted (a minute or two).
• Place one cherry half in the center of each tin cup and arrange peach slices around it. Spoon batter over cherries/peaches.
• Bake 25 mins or until center is set. Remove from oven and turn out onto serving platter (or wire rack over wax paper to catch the buttery, sugary drips) immediately. Let cool.