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- Peach (pear, nectarine, apple, cherry) Upside-down Cake
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- 4 tablespoons (60 ml) butter
- 1/2 (125 ml) cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 (1 ml) teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 2 cups (1/2 liter) peaches, sliced thin
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/3 cups (325 ml) cake flour
- 3/4 cup (175 ml) sugar
- 1 3/4 teaspoon (9 ml) baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon (1 ml) salt
- 3 tablespoons (45 ml) butter
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) milk
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract
- 1 egg
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- Melt the butter in an 8-inch (20 cm) square pan. Add the brown sugar and
- nutmeg and blend well. Remove the pan from the heat and arrange the peach
- slices, slightly overlapping them, on the brown-sugar mixture. Sprinkle
- the peach slices with lemon juice.
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- Sift the flour with the sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir the butter
- to soften it, then stir in the flour mixture, milk and vanilla extract.
- Mix until the flour is dampened.
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- Beat the batter for two minutes with an electric mixer at medium speed or
- beat 300 strokes by hand. Add the egg, and beat for one minute longer
- with the mixer or 150 strokes by hand. Pour the batter over the peaches.
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- Bake in a preheated 375F (190C) oven for 35 minutes. Cool the cake in
- the pan for five minutes and then invert it onto a serving plate; let
- stand for one minute more before removing the pan. Serve warm. (Note:
- in my experience, this cake does not keep very well.)
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