Peach Vanilla Cake Food

PEACH AND CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350F, and grease and line three 6″ cake pans.
• Melt your butter, whisk in the milk, and warm until warm to the touch.
• Set aside to cool, stirring occasionally so the butter and milk don't separated.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat your eggs on high until light and fluffy.
• Add the granulated sugar and beat until dissolved.
• Gently fold in the flour, baking powder, and vanilla extract until just combined.
• Fold in the milk-butter mixture, and divide the batter evenly between your three pans.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Once the cake pans are cool enough to handle, turn them out and wrap them in plastic wrap. Refrigerate.
• Using a double boiler with the bowl of your stand mixer, whisk together your egg whites and sugar for the frosting.
• Heat until the mixture is hot and the sugar dissolves.
• Remove the bowl from the double boiler, and beat on high using the whisk attachment until stiff peaks form and the mixture has cooled to room temperature (8-10 minutes).
• Switch to your paddle attachment, and begin adding your cubes of cold butter while mixing on low-medium.
• Once all the butter is in, increase the speed to high and beat until a smooth frosting forms.
• Add the vanilla extract and mix until just combined.
• Wash and dice your ripe peaches, and puree in a blender.
• Pour half of your puree into a small saucepan, and stir in your sugar and gelatin.
• Cook the mixture over medium heat until hot, but not boiling.
• Remove the mixture from the burner, and stir in your remaining peach puree.
• Plunge the bowl of peach mousse into an ice bath, and stir as the mixture begins to thicken.
• Once the mixture thickens to the consistency of pudding, whip your heavy cream, and gently fold it into the peaches until just combined.
• To assemble your cake, start by spreading a thin layer of frosting on the first layer.
• Spoon a small amount of your frosting into a bag, and pipe a rim around the edge of your frosted layer.
• Fill the center with mousse, and top with your second layer.
• Repeat this process for the second layer.
• Once your cake is filled, give it a light crumb coating with the frosting and place it in the refrigerator to chill for at least 3 hours or until the mousse is set.
• To finish frosting the cake, frost the top, making it as even and smooth as possible.
• Divide the remaining frosting between 3 bowls, leaving one uncolored, and coloring the other two different shades of orange (or peach, if you will).
• Spoon your frosting into piping bags, and starting at the bottom with the darkest shade, begin piping your frosting on and around your cake.
• Use an offset spatula to smooth it out.
• Top the cake with fresh fruit, sprinkles and/or flowers.

PEACH BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• With a hand mixer on high speed or stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar for about 5 minutes, until the mixture is light and fluffy. It should look like whipped cream in texture and color. As you're beating, scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula to make sure all of the butter is incorporated.
• Add the eggs one at a time while continuing to beat on high (see Cook's Note). Add the vanilla and beat the mixture on high speed for another 4 to 5 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl as you beat.
• In a medium bowl, toss the peaches with 1/4 cup of the flour, coating the fruit. Add the peach-and-flour mixture to your mixing bowl and beat on high until the peaches are incorporated.
• In a separate bowl, combine the remaining 2 3/4 cups flour with the salt and baking powder.
• Turn the hand mixer down to a low speed. Add about half of the dry ingredients, taking care to scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure all of the ingredients are well blended. Add the buttermilk and continue to mix. Finish by adding the rest of the dry ingredients and incorporating it into the batter.
• Spray a nonstick Bundt pan with nonstick vegetable oil spray. Pour in the cake batter and bake for 50 to 55 minutes. A toothpick or knife inserted into the cake center should come out dry. If it's wet, let the cake bake a few more minutes.
• Remove the pan from the oven and let the cake cool for 15 minutes. Flip it onto a plate to serve.

PEACH-BOURBON UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Combine 3/4 cup sugar and 1 1/2 tablespoons water in a 10-inch ovenproof skillet and stir until the mixture looks like wet sand. Cook over medium-high heat, gently swirling the pan occasionally but not stirring, until light amber, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and arrange the peaches in concentric circles over the caramel. Drizzle with the bourbon; set the skillet aside.
• Whisk the flour, ground pecans, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Beat the butter and the remaining 1 cup sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition, then beat in the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to low; add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour, and mix until just incorporated. Pour the batter over the peaches and spread evenly.
• Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until the cake is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. (Cover loosely with foil if the cake is browning too quickly.) Let sit 15 minutes, then invert onto a platter and let cool completely.

FRESH PEACH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and 1 cup of the sugar for 3 to 5 minutes on medium-high speed, until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low, add the eggs, one at a time, then the sour cream and vanilla, and mix until the batter is smooth. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the batter and mix just until combined. In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and the cinnamon.
• Spread half of the batter evenly in the pan. Top with half of the peaches, then sprinkle with two-thirds of the sugar mixture. Spread the remaining batter on top, arrange the remaining peaches on top, and sprinkle with the remaining sugar mixture and the pecans.
• Bake the cake for 45 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SWEET PEACH CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 8-by-8-inch glass baking dish.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder and cinnamon in a medium bowl until blended. Beat the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla in a separate large bowl to blend. Stir in the chopped peaches. Gradually add the dry ingredients and stir until blended. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Bake until a tester inserted into the center of the loaf comes out with no crumbs attached, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and cool for 15 minutes. Remove the loaf from the pan and cool completely, about 1 hour.
• For the frosting: Beat the butter, cream, 2 tablespoons water and vanilla in a large bowl, using an electric hand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until light and creamy, adding extra water, 1 teaspoon at a time, if needed. Spread the frosting over the top of the cooled loaf. Allow the frosting to set for 25 minutes. Cut the loaf into slices and serve.

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 VANILLA CAKE

Steps:

• Make Cake According To Directions. Except Add More Vanilla To Taste, I Like Alot.
• Mix Together Cream Cheese, Coolwhip, Powdered Sugar. Add More Vanilla To Taste.
• When Cake Is Cool, Cut In 3 Layers, Or Use 2-8" Round Cut In Half, Place A Layer On Cake Plate, Smear Layer Of Cream Cheese Mixture And Add Layer Of peaches, Place Another Layer Cake, Cream Cheese Mixture, peaches, Place Last Layer Cake, Then peaches, Then Cream Cheese Mixture. Refrigerate And Eat.
• After Slicing A Layer On A 13x9 Cake, Use Your Flexable Cutting Sheet/board To Slide Inbetween Layers So You Can Pick It Up In One Piece. (i Learned That The Hard Way).
• I'm Going To Experiment With Orange Cake/peaches Next Time For A Fuzzy Navel Effect.