Tuesday, September 14, 2010

TWD: Cranberry Upside-Downer (but not cranberry)

It's early September, and I am loving the slightly cooler weather here in the Chicago area. This cake totally fits in the fall season. Except there weren't really cranberries to be had just yet. And by slightly cooler I mean low 80's instead of 95 and humid. The other option was peach. I went with peaches.

I found these fabulous, sweet, HUGE peaches as Costco. Huge as in bigger than a tennis ball. When you go big, you run the risk of mealy peaches. Not these. They are sweet and delicious. It only took one peach to line my pan.

HUGE peaches.

This is one peach sliced and fanned out.

This is a simple recipe. It's a basic upside down cake. It started with a syrup of sugar and butter. Next came a layer of peaches. Last was a simple butter cake. Into the oven for a bake. Out of the oven for a flip. I was a tad nervous. But it worked out just fine. There was lots of syrup pooled on the plate near the cake. A few hours of resting took care of it. The cake soaked it all back up. I was worried that it would get soggy, but it only added a lovely peachy moistness to the cake. Dorie offers a glaze option, but I don't think it was at all necessary.

Yum! This is minutes after the flip. You can still see some juice around the edges

You can almost see how moist and yummy this cake is (was - didn't last long)

This one is an absolute keeper. I can't wait to try it again with cranberries! Go to Sabrina's blog to see what the cranberry version looks like.
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24 comments:

  1. Judy9/14/10, 1:21 AM

    If I hadn't had cranberries in the freezer, I would have tried the peach option. Yours looks really delicious!

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  2. Cindy9/14/10, 4:21 AM

    Wow, what a beautiful cake, I will have to try it with peaches.

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  3. Peggy9/14/10, 5:53 AM

    I think the peaches look delicious. I love anything with a peach on it, don't you? It would be so good with a cup of coffee right now for my breakfast! I don't know why, but I actually had cranberries in my freezer. Weird.

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  4. chocolatechic9/14/10, 6:12 AM

    So beautiful.

    I didn't use cranberries or peaches.

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  5. Cakelaw9/14/10, 6:37 AM

    This cake is indeed a keeper. Yours looks fabulous and sunny. What lovely peaches!

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  6. Sabrina9/14/10, 8:09 AM

    Beautiful job with the peaches! You did a good job of flipping! :)

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  7. Beth9/14/10, 8:13 AM

    Lovely with the peaches!

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  8. Hindy9/14/10, 8:24 AM

    Oh my! What a gorgeous cake. I'll have to try it with peaches.

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  9. Becky @ Project Domestication9/14/10, 8:25 AM

    i did the peach one too. yes it was so delicious and moist!

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  10. Flourchild9/14/10, 8:34 AM

    Everything is bigger at Costco! I love your peach updise downer! I used cherries and loved it!

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  11. Anonymous9/14/10, 8:54 AM

    Those peaches are huge! the spiraling is beautiful and totally adds to such a delicious cake.

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  12. Pamela9/14/10, 11:21 AM

    Looks amazing!!

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  13. Tia9/14/10, 12:05 PM

    you're right about those peaches - they're Gi-Normous!!!

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  14. Jeannette9/14/10, 1:15 PM

    yum!! i'll have to make this with peaches cus it looks SO great!

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  15. Nichicakes9/14/10, 2:32 PM

    Geez those peaches are huge!

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  16. Katrina9/14/10, 10:25 PM

    Wow, those are big peaches. Cake looks great!

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  17. margot9/15/10, 12:22 AM

    Beautiful cake! I love the photo of the peaches and the tennis ball. I completely forgot about the glaze - definitely did not need it.

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  18. natalia9/15/10, 4:31 AM

    Ciao ! I agree this recipe is a keeper ! i love your fanning skills !

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  19. spike.9/15/10, 9:29 AM

    looks like a perfect flip!

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  20. Anonymous9/15/10, 9:38 AM

    That looks awesome, and I like the HUGE peaches!

    I didn't realize you are in the Chicago area - I'm just north of you in the Milwaukee area!

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  21. Beth9/16/10, 7:10 AM

    Those really are huge peaches! Your cake looks wonderful.

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  22. Medifast Coupons9/20/10, 9:46 AM

    I have the cranberries, thanks for the link. Cake looks really good and moist even in a picture.

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  23. Leslie9/20/10, 7:13 PM

    Gorgeous cake! I love how you spiraled your peaches!

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  24. Kayte10/3/10, 6:49 AM

    You are so good with getting those peaches lined up to look so pretty...this is one very impressive job with this recipe. No cranberries here either...am not sure I ever realized that before!

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