Peach is such a gorgeous #fruit, including few different colors, red, orange and yellow, which makes this fruit super unique. For any #chef beauty of the food is always inspiring. During summer, when the #Ontario’s tasty #peaches are available, I always like to use those in so many different ways. I make jam, smoothie, fruit salad and of course cakes. This Heavenly Peach #Pecan, it’s one of my favorite #recipe . It can be baked as a upside down #cake or the same way I made it. I hope you give this recipe a try and enjoy it. Click on the picture below to watch the step by step video.
Ready in 1 hour
Method used: one bowl method
Makes one 8 inch cake (tall pan)
Ingredients
Flour 1.5 cups
Sugar 1 cup
Baking powder 1/2 Tbsp
Salt 1/4 tsp
Eggs 3
Milk 1/2 cup
Yogurt 1/4 cup
Pure Vanilla extract 1 tsp
Butter and oil 1/2 cup (use half and half)
Fresh peach 1-2 depending on the size
Pecan 1/2 cup (enough to cover the top trim of the cake)
Ingredients For the top sauce (easy caramel sauce)
Brown sugar 2 Tbsp
Butter 1 Tbsp
10% cream or milk 1/2 Tbsp
Direction: bring butter, brown sugar and cream or milk to boil in a small pan and cook until thickened (1-2 minutes)
Preparation
Pre-heat oven 350 degrees F
Prepare a 8 inch cake pan and set aside
Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt (dry ingredients) in a big bowl, mix together and set aside
Slice the peaches, vertical slices for the top (not too thin), also dice some for inside of the cake and set aside
In a separate bowl mix oil, eggs, vanilla extract, milk, and yogurt (wet ingredients)
Using a hand mixer beat butter into the dry ingredients, and then add the wet ingredients and beat on low speed (enough to mix all the ingredients without over mixing)
Add the 1/3 cup of diced peaches to the batter and mix using a spatula
Pour batter into prepared cake pan, cover the top trim with pecan and then add the sliced peaches completely covering the rest of the cake (refer to video)
Make the caramel sauce according to the steps above
Drizzle the sauce on top of the peaches and pecans before baking
Bake until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
Once the cake is completely cool, take it out of the pan and transfer to a serving plate. Then dust it with icing sugar, and add some fresh peach slices to decorate
NOTE:
This cake is ideal for tea party or brunch in summer time
Bring butter, eggs and dairies to room temperature
It is best to turn the cake in the oven half way of the baking time
Always leave the cake to cool down completely before taking it out of the pan, otherwise it will break
You can drizzle the sauce on top and dust the cake with icing sugar before serving
