Name: Spiced Rum Peach Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 9
Ingredients: 160g unsalted butter, cubed; 1 cup white granulated sugar; 2 cups plain flour; 4 eggs; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 tsp allspice; 4 white peaches; 1 cup spiced rum; 1/2 cup brown sugar

by dayna_hoskin Last updated on 01/14/2021

Peach and rum is a common combination for cocktails, and what works for one should work for another right? You're dead right, this flavour combination is to die for! - dayna_hoskin

Ingredients

160g unsalted butter, cubed
1 cup white granulated sugar
2 cups plain flour
4 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp allspice
4 white peaches

Syrup

1 cup spiced rum
1/2 cup brown sugar

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 150C. Prepare a 9-inch (23cm) diameter cake tin. Set aside.
Step 2

Cut your peaches in half and remove the pip, arrange them cut side down in your cake tin.
Step 3

Place 1 cup spiced rum and 1/2 cup brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, allow to simmer until mixture darkens and thickens slightly (it's ready when you can draw a line in the syrup on the spoon). Set aside and allow to cool.
Step 4

Combine flour, baking powder, salt and allspice in a bowl and set aside.
Step 5

Using electric beaters, cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl until light in colour, then drop in eggs one by one, followed by flour/spice mixture. Beat together until smooth.
Step 6

Pour cooled syrup over your peaches and carefully, so as not to disturb your fruit arrangement, spoon cake batter into your cake tin and smooth the surface with a knife.
Step 7

Place in the oven to bake for 70-80 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of your cake comes out clean.
Step 8

Remove from cake tin while still warm to avoid the caramel in the bottom from setting and sticking.