Fuzzy navel upsidedown cake
1 Cake
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar [firmly packed] |
| 1 | can | (29oz) Sliced peaches |
| [drained] | ||
| 8 | Maraschino cherries [halved] | |
| 1 | Yellow cake mix w/pudding | |
| (18/oz) | ||
| 1 | 3/oz vanilla instant pudding | |
| Mix | ||
| ¾ | cup | Orange juice |
| ½ | cup | Oil |
| ¼ | cup | Peach schnapps |
| 1 | tablespoon | Orange peel [grated] |
| 4 | Eggs | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter [melted] |
| 2 | tablespoons | Peach schnapps |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| 1 | cup | Whipping cream *or* |
| 1 | large | Tub CoolWhip |
| 1 | teaspoon | Confectioner's sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons | Peach schnapps |
Directions
FOR THE CAKE
FOR THE SAUCE
FOR THE TOPPING
Pre-heat oven to 350o... To make the cake... 1) Grease and flour a 12c fluted tube pan and sprinkle the brown sugar evenly in the bottom.
Arrange the peach halves in the grooves of the pan on top of the brown sugar and then place the cherry halves between the peaches...
2) In a large mixing bowl, mix all of the CAKE ingredients and mix @ low speed `til moistened, then @ high speed for 2 min... 3) Pour the batter into the pan over the fruit and bake in pre-heated oven for 50 to 65 min. or `til wooden pick comes out clean. [Cake crust may become very dark so if necessary cover cake loosely with foil] Cool for at least 15 min. and remove from pan...
To make the sauce... 4) In a small bowl combine all of the SAUCE ingredients and mix `til well blended. Then with a long tined fork CAREFULLY pierce the top of the cake between the peaches and spoon the sauce over the top of the cake... To make the topping... 5) In yet another small bowl, combine all of the ingredients (cool whip may be substituted for whipping cream) mix well `til soft peaks form... 6) Serve over the cake (preferably warm, but cool is not bad either)