[WATCH] Peach upside-down cake

Watch Sean Gravina make a peach upside-down cake, the perfect summer dessert

Peach upside-down cake

Ingredients

• 6 ripe peaches or nectarines, halved and stones removed
• 4 tsp demerara sugar
• 1 vanilla pod, scored lengthwise and seeds removed
• 125g butter
• 125g caster sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 125g self-raising flour
• Icing sugar, for dusting

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
2. Put the peaches in a saucepan with the demerara sugar, the vanilla seeds and 4 tablespoons of water and simmer for 5 minutes
3. Grease and flour a bunt tin and place the simmered peaches at the bottom and allow to cool for 10 mins before adding the cake batter.
4. Beat together the butter, caster sugar and eggs until light and fluffy.
5. Add the flour and mix thoroughly.
6. Spread over the cooled peaches and bake in the pre-heated oven for 45 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 mins in the pan before turning over and removing from the tin.
8. Dust the cake with icing sugar.
9. Serve with hot custard or ice cream.

This recipe first appeared on Gourmet Today TV, aired on 12 June, 2015.  

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