Peach Upside Down Cake

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1.5 cup
White sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Cardamon powder - grind 2 pods
Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Whole milk - 1/4 cup or more
Vegetable oil [canola oil] - 2 tbsp
Butter [un-salted]- 4 tbsp
2 Large eggs

Method:

Preparation of peach layer:
First we will slice the peaches with skin and add 1 tbsp of table sugar to it.
Take 1/4 cup sugar in a thick bottomed pan and heat it with 2 tbsp water and warm the mixture on medium heat, the sugar will start melting and bubbling

Next add the peaches and cook in sugar for 5 minutes at medium heat.

Take a 8 x 8 inch pan and grease it thoroughly [otherwise the cake will stick at the bottom] and pour the cooked peaches and arrange it properly to cover the surface. Now proceed for next step

Preparation of cake
Sift all purpose flour, baking powder, cardamon powder and salt and keep it aside

In a different bowl whisk the following

Butter for 3 minutes [at medium speed]
add sugar and whisk at medium speed for 3 minutes
now add egg one by one and which each time for 1 minute
next add oil and vanilla essence and whisk for 30 seconds

Add the dry ingredients to above whisked batter. Mix it gently. If the batter looks thick, add cold milk to adjust consistency [the batter should not be very thin either]

Pour the batter on the peach slices and bake at the center of oven for 30-40 minutes

Update (09-05-2011):

One of my reader asked how many peaches I used for the cake. Here is the picture of the pan with peaches

Comments

Indian Khana said…

This looks delicious ....soft n moist ...

September 2, 2011 at 11:10 PM

Unknown said…

Wow delicious looking cake, yummm!

September 3, 2011 at 6:32 AM

Unknown said…

This looks delicious soft and spongy..I just posted pineapple cherry upside down cake..come check it out...

September 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM

Spandana said…

I love peaches... and this is irresistible to me!

September 3, 2011 at 8:21 AM

Hari Chandana P said…

looks so beautiful and tempting.. Yummy !!
Indian Cuisine

September 4, 2011 at 8:50 PM

Anonymous said…

Cake looks absolutely delicious, just 1 question - how many peaches did u use?

September 5, 2011 at 2:53 AM

Renus Kitchen said…

@Anonymous
I have updated my blog with a picture with number of peaches

September 5, 2011 at 10:13 PM

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