What I love most about an upside down cake is the moment you tip the cooked cake over onto a plate and carefully remove the pan to reveal your lovely fruit creation sitting there all proud like on top of the cake. You then have a little smile to yourself in relief it didn’t stick and actually you have done a good job.
Besides that satisfying moment, I love that an upside down cake is already dressed and requires no extra icing – it’s good to go straight from the oven. This upside down peach cake is best enjoyed warm with some whipped cream, making it the perfect dessert cake.
INGREDIENTS
125gm Butter, softened
1/2 Cup Caster Sugar
3 Large Eggs
1 Tsp Vanilla Essence
1 1/2 Cups Self Raising Flour
1 Large Can Sliced Peaches, drained
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
Whipped cream to serve
LETS PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
1. Using a stand mixer or hand mixer beat the butter and caster sugar until light and creamy.
2. Add each egg, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla essence and then the flour. Beat for a further minute until well combined.
3. Using a push up pan or spring form pan, line the bottom with baking paper. Spread the brown sugar over the bottom of the lined pan.
4. Place the peaches over the brown sugar.
5. Pour the cake batter over the peaches and bake in a 160 degree celcius oven for 45-60 minutes. It is cooked when it bounces back when touched.
6. Once cooked, remove from the oven and place a plate on the open end, flip over so the cake is now upside down on the plate. Gently pry the cake pan away from the cake and remove the baking paper.
Serve with whipped cream.
Serves 8-12
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Do you think fresh peaches would work ok for this? I got a tray of cheap peaches yesterday & would love to do some cooking with them 🙂
Hi Steph, yes fresh should work. I do recommend peeling them the best you can first.
Could I replace the peach with apples in this upside down cake.
I meant fresh apple as a replacement for peach.
Yes, I recommend peeling and slicing thinly.
Very yummy cake and all the family love it . Thank you for the recipie. The inlaws here is Spain say its nice with pineapple too instead of peach
Glad everyone enjoyed it. Yes a Upside Down Pineapple cake is what you normally make. Peaches are a nice twist.
could i replace mango? 🙂
yes you could.
Must I turn it up side down as soon as it comes out of the oven or must it cool down abit before I turn it out
Yes I recommend you do as you want the sticky sauce around the peaches to stay on the cake not set on the baking paper. It’s a little fiddly you can give it 5 minutes to cool slightly to avoid burning yourself.
Hi, this looks amazing! One question, what was the baking tin size?
It is a 20cm wide pan.