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Nut Free
Upside Down Peach Cake in 60 Minutes
This is the BEST homemade peach upside-down cake. A moist vanilla cake base is baked on top of sweet, juicy peaches. This is an easy-to-follow recipe, even for those that are new to baking!
There’s a lot of things I love about the South. Especially southern food. Have you ever had a fresh Georgia peach? Oh my goodness, are they amazing.
Once summer hits, I think about all the recipes I’ll be making with fresh peaches, like this upside down cake!
My peach mousse cake is definitely on the list every summer. Whether it’s peach picking or buying them at the grocery store, my fridge is always filled with peaches in the summer. You think I’m exaggerating? Oh, but I’m not.
One summer, I decided to make a peach upside-down cake. We love a great pineapple upside-down cake in this house, and I wanted to switch things up. This peach upside-down cake is the real deal. It’s flavorful, fluffy, moist, and full of juicy peach flavor.
Peach slices line the soft cake with a touch of powdered sugar on top. When this cake recipe is totally devoured and the serving plate empty, you’ll know that you’ll have to make it over and over again. Peach recipes are next level. Sweet peaches in this easy peach upside down cake bring out the best of peach season!
Key Ingredients
Eggs and sugar start this recipe off along with vanilla extract.
Baking powder and unbleached flour make up the dry ingredients.
Ripe peaches that could also be for nectarines.
Powdered sugar, just 1/4 cup
Butter or Pam: to butter the 9-inch cake pan you’ll be using. I use unsalted butter or ghee.
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
How to make an Upside Down Peach Cake in 60 Minutes
Steps 1 & 2: Preparations
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Butter up a 9″ cake pan.
Step 3: Prep the peaches
Slice the peaches, removing the pit. Spread the slices on the bottom of the buttered cake pan.
Step 4: Begin the batter
Beat together the eggs and sugar on full speed, until well blended.
Step 5: Add eggs and vanilla
Add to the eggs vanilla extract and continue beating for another minute.
Step 6: Add dry ingredients
Bring speed to low and add in baking powder and all purpose flour. Let it all incorporate together for about a minute-no more.
Step 7: Layer
Spread the cake batter on top of the sliced peaches in the baking pan.
Step 8: Bake
Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until you can gently stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean.
Step 9: Flip!
Turn the cake upside down to a plate and take the cake form off.
Step 10: Garnish
After the cake cools down, sift powdered sugar on top of the cake.
Expert Tips
- Serve this upside down cake on a cake stand or a serving plate with sifted powdered sugar on top for a beautiful presentation!
- When incorporating flour and baking powder into the batter, use a gentle hand to avoid over-mixing, resulting in a dense cake.
- Allow the cake to cool before sifting powdered sugar on top to prevent melting and clumping.
- Drizzle warm caramel sauce atop this peach cake for a sweet topping and addition.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can adjust the sugar quantity to suit your taste preferences.
Refrigerate any leftover cake to maintain its freshness.
Put a plate over your cake pan and, using both hands, flip. Now the plate should be on the bottom and the cake pan on top (but upside down.) Carefully lift up the cake pan and your cake should slip right out!
This easy dessert is perfect for any occasion. Here are some more tasty recipes you’re sure to enjoy!
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Easy Upside-Down Peach Cake Recipe
Equipment
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Spatula set
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hand mixer
Ingredients
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 drops vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup unbleached flour
- 3 fresh peaches sliced
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- Pam or butter, for the cake not to stick to the pan
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
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Butter up a 9″ cake pan.Pam or butter,
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Slice the peaches, removing the pit. Spread the slices on the bottom of the buttered cake pan.3 fresh peaches
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Beat together the eggs and sugar on full speed, until well blended.5 large eggs, 1 cup sugar
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Add to the eggs vanilla extract and continue beating for another minute.3 drops vanilla extract
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Bring speed to low and add in baking powder and all purpose flour. Let it all incorporate together for about a minute-no more.½ tsp baking powder, 1 cup unbleached flour
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Spread the cake batter on top of the sliced peaches in the baking pan.
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Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until you can gently stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean.
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Turn the cake upside down to a plate and take the cake form off.
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After the cake cools down, sift powdered sugar on top of the cake.¼ cup powdered sugar
Notes
- Other fruit can be substituted for the same ration as the peaches.