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    Home » Top Amish Recipes » Pies, Cakes & Breads

    The Amish Cook's Peach Upside-Down Cake

    Published: Jun 1, 2012 · Updated: Feb 2, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 11 Comments

    This is a delicious recipe as we head into peach season. The photo of an Amish peach upside-down cake comes to us courtesy of a talented young Mennonite photographer that I met in Pennsylvania.  Her name is Cherlyn Beidler and I hope to bring you more of her beautiful photos soon.

     PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

     

    The Amish Cook's Peach Upside-Down Cake
     
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    Ingredients
    • 1 quart sliced peaches, drained
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 2 / 3 cup vegetable shortening
    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 2 1 /2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 2 cups flour
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla
    • 2 eggs
    Instructions
    1. Drain peaches and reserve syrup.  Melt butter in a skillet.  Add brown sugar and 2 tablespoons syrup and drained peaches to skillet. Add water to remaining syrup to make 1 cup and set aside. Cream together shortening and sugar until light and crumbly. Add eggs and vanilla.  Beat until fluffy. Sift together the baking powder, salt, and flour. To the creamed mixture, add the dry mixture and 1 cup of syrup alternately, stirring after each addition till smooth.Use slotted spoon to remove peaches from skillet and spread peaches in bottom of greased 13x9 inch cake pan. Spread batter over peaches and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes, until brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
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    Comments

    1. JoEtta

      June 01, 2012 at 5:09 pm

      This looks delicious. I make an upsidedown cake using peaches and a gingerbread cake mix. Different and, also, delicious.

      Reply
      • Kevin

        June 01, 2012 at 5:21 pm

        Yum, that sounds good, let us know how it turns out!

        Reply
    2. Sharon

      June 02, 2012 at 11:40 pm

      How long or to what stage do you heat the peaches in the skillet?

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    3. Heather

      June 03, 2012 at 7:51 pm

      This recipe sounds like the one my Mother used to make. I lost it a long time ago. I'll be trying this one soon.

      Reply
    4. Nancee

      June 04, 2012 at 6:12 pm

      This recipe is similar to a recipe my Dutch grandmother used to make, only placing fresh peach haves on top. It's wonderful! I'm praying that we have peaches here in Michigan after the hard freeze we had earlier this spring. Reports are not good looking good for Michigan fruit farmers.

      Reply
    5. Melanie Dahms

      June 04, 2012 at 8:51 pm

      Oh yum was this stuff ever good. We made this and it was gone in 2 days. The nice thing about it was it was good warm or cold and with or without ice cream. I will make this again really soon. I make one somthing like it with pears but I like peaches better.

      Reply
    6. Brenda Cubbage

      June 06, 2012 at 8:25 am

      This looks soooo yummy!!! Thank you!

      Reply
    7. Donna K Smith

      June 09, 2012 at 4:11 pm

      YUM!!! I can't wait to try this. It sounds so yummy at this peach season.

      Reply
    8. Anita Butler

      May 13, 2013 at 2:41 pm

      I noticed the directions say to use a slotted spoon to transfer the peaches from the skillet to the pan. Could you clarify how long or how high to cook the peaches in the skillet and what to do with the juice left in the skillet after transferring the peaches.

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    9. Nanny

      February 29, 2016 at 1:22 pm

      Can I use canned peaches

      Reply
      • Kevin

        March 02, 2016 at 4:59 pm

        Yes, Nancy, canned are OK, just drain them first!

        Reply

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