Peaches And Buttercream Cake Food

THE CAKE DOCTOR PEACHES & CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease two 9 inch round cake pans with solid vegetable shortening, then dust with flour. Shake out excess flour.
• Place about 8 of the peach halves in a food processor fitted with the steel blad and process until smooth. This should measure about 1 1/2 cups. Reserve 1/2 cup syrup and the remaining peach halves.
• Place cake mix, peach puree, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla in mixing bowl. Blend with mixer on low, for 1 minute. Stop the machine and scrape down sides of bowl. Increase mixer speed to medium, and beat 2 to 3 minutes more, scraping down sides again if needed. Divide batter between prepared pans. Place in the oven.
• Bake cakes until golden brown and spring back when lightly pressed with your finger, 28-32 minutes. Remove pans from oven and cool on wire rack 10 minutes. Run a dinner knife around the edge of each layer and invert each onto a rack. While layers are still warm, poke holes in top of them with toothpick or wooden skewer. Carefully pour reserved peach syrup over the layers so that the cake soaks up all the juice. Let the layers cool completely.
• Meanwhile, prepare sweetened cream and served in the refrigerator. (Instructions for sweetened cream at bottom.) Cut the remaining peach halves into 1/2 inch thick slices. Place one cake layer, right side up, on serving platter. Spread the top with sweetened cream. Place the second layer, right side up, on top of the first and frost the top and sides of the cake with clean, smooth strokes. Arrange the peach slices attractively on top of the cake.
• Sweetened Cream:.
• Place a clean, large mixing bowl and electric mixer beaters in the freezer for a few minutes while you assemble the ingredients. Pour the whipping cream into the chilled bowl and beat with the electric mixer on high speed until the cream has thickened, 1 1/2 minutes. Stop the machine and add the sugar. Beat the cream and sugar on high speed until stiff peaks form, 1 to 2 minutes.

PEACHES AND BUTTERCREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms and sides of 3 (8- or 9-inch) round pans with shortening; lightly flour. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. Place peach slices in blender container. Cover; blend about 30 seconds or until smooth. Pour 1 cup pureed peaches into small bowl; stir in peach nectar, 2 teaspoons vanilla and orange peel. Reserve remaining puree for frosting.
• In large bowl, beat 1 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Gradually add granulated sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat 2 minutes longer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture, about one-third at a time, and peach mixture, about half at a time, beating just until blended. Pour 2 cups batter into each pan.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 40 minutes.
• For filling, in large bowl, beat 1 cup of the butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Beat in 4 cups of the powdered sugar on low speed, 1 cup at a time, until smooth. Beat in 2 tablespoons reserved peach puree and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Place one cake layer on cake plate, top side up. Spread 2/3 cup filling over top. Top with second layer, top side down; spread with 2/3 cup filling. Top with remaining layer, top side up. Thinly frost side and top of cake with remaining filling; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat remaining 2 cups butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Beat in remaining 8 cups powdered sugar on low, about 1 cup at a time. Beat in 4 tablespoons reserved peach puree, 1 teaspoon vanilla and food color until blended and desired peach color.
• Fill decorating bag fitted with large open star tip (1/2-inch opening). Starting about 1 1/2 inches from bottom edge of cake, make center of rosette flower by squeezing frosting in a tight circle. Continue making concentric circles around center, to make flower about 3 inches in diameter. Make flowers to cover side of cake, staggering up and down around cake. Make flowers on top of cake and fill in open spaces with wavy lines.

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.