The letter for this month's AlphaBakes is U and my thoughts immediately turned to an upside down cake. I decided to make something a little different to a traditional pineapple upside down cake and came across this recipe on BBC Good Food. It's a simple sponge recipe topped with peaches and filled with a clotted cream filling. The sponge was light and moist and I loved the peaches and cream combination. It was so good that I made the cake again shortly after with different fruits which I will blog about later.
As mentioned, I'm entering this to AlphaBakes which is hosted by myself this month and co hosted by Caroline from Caroline Makes. The letter is U for upside down cake.
I'm also sending this to Made with Love Mondays hosted by Javelin Warrior where the idea is to make everything from scratch.
toss peaches in brown sugar 
arrange peaches in a single layer then cover with cake batter 
spread a generous layer of clotted cream filling on the plain cake then place the peach-topped cake on top. 
Recipe from BBC Good Food
Now I'm craving peaches so bad, Ros! This is torture... I love the layer of clotted cream between the cake halves and this is a certain must for fresh peaches...
ReplyDeleteThe clotted cream worked beautifully and this would be brilliant when peaches are in season.
Deleteoh... upside down cake is so clever!... I didn't even think of that... it looks glorious and peaches and cream are jst heavenly... looks superb. x
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling there will be a lot of upside down cakes! Peaches and cream is definitely a heavenly combination :)
DeleteWhat a clever choice for "U"! I was wondering what people were going to come up with for that letter. Great looking cake, love the thick layer of cream in the middle.
ReplyDeleteGlad I thought of this! I loved the thick cream layer too :)
DeleteI was going to do a peaches and cream upside down cake too before I came across another idea I wanted to try! Yours looks so good though with that thick filling layer which mine would have missed out so I'm glad you've made this one - it looks delicious =)
ReplyDeleteOooh can't wait to see what you've come up with :)
DeleteI was eyeing up this very recipe for my own "u" contribution and it looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's a great recipe.
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ReplyDeleteOooh delicious - I've made that recipe before but I only did a single layer, you've reminded me that I definitely need to try the two layer version, it looks gorgeous with the cream! Perfect now spring is on its way!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely need two layers with lots of cream :)
DeletePeaches never disappoint - your cake looks scrummy!
ReplyDeleteI love that you used real peaches here! I bet they taste so much nicer than tinned ones. Beautiful and delicious cake!
ReplyDeleteYes definitely although I'm sure it would work well with tinned peaches too!
DeleteWhat a fantastic cake Ros. I love it that you filled it with the world's best cream. And peaches and cream is such a classic. I'm still trying to think of a U that isn't an upside down cake, but ...
ReplyDeleteHa ha I thought you'd say that about clotted cream and I totally agree! :)
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