Hello food friends, and welcome back to Lee's Cooking Page.
You might have wondered where we have been the past two months.
Well, June 9, I had a complete Knee Replacement. Since the Doctor wanted me to lose a few pounds before the surgery, I spent a month doing LOW CARB.
Needless to say, that put a hitch in my cooking endeavors.
But I am almost back to semi normal, and had this URGE to get back into the kitchen.
Penny and I got a huge box of peaches from the peach truck.
So I had to find a recipe to try. After spending most of Saturday checking out YOU TUBE recipes, here is what I ended up trying. It's a combination of 4 - 5 recipes I found.
PEACH COBBLER POUND CAKE
So let's grab an adult beverage, pet the poochie and get started.
FULL DISCLOSER: We had friends coming to dinner and one of our guests HATES Cinnamon.
I know, someone who does not LOVE Cinnamon, doesn't love his GOD, their COUNTRY or SEC FOOTBALL.
But I took the high road and left it out. (See what I do for friends???)
Here is what you will need !!!!
¾ Cup Milk
PEACHES (28 oz.)
3 Cups - Sifted Bread Flour
Yes, I still used the old fashioned SIFTER....
3 Sticks - Unsalted Butter (Room Temp)
You can use Salted Butter, BUT leave out the ½ tsp Salt down below)
6 Eggs – (Room Temp)
3 Cups – Sugar
Brown Sugar
Cinnamon
2 tsp – Baking Powder
½ tsp- Salt (Leave this out of you used Salted Butter)
2 TSP – Vanilla Extract
In a BOWL, place your Cake Flour, 3 Cups of Sugar, Salt (if needed), Baking Powder, and WHISK. Set aside
In your MIXING BOWL, place the Butter, Vanilla, Eggs and your Milk.
Mix on slow for 5-6 min. You can increase your speed as you mix.
I ended up using medium.
You can also use an electric hand mixer as well.
Looks like hell, doesn't it?? Don't PANIC !!!! Keep mixing
Add your flour mix, ONE CUP at a time, mixing each cup.
Keep Mixing !!!!
Take 15 slices of Peaches and chop fine.
Using a Spatula, FOLD the crushed peaches into the batter.
Add a “splash” of PEACH SCHNOPPS. (Penny's idea)
Set batter aside
Pre Heat your OVEN to 340 degrees
Spray the bottom and sides of the BUNT PAN with Baking Spray.
Or you can use Regular spray then sprinkle FLOUR on top of the sprayed areas.
Add your peaches to the bottom of the pan.
Add about 1/8 CUP of PEACH JUICE
Sprinkle CINNAMON and Brown Sugar on top of PEACHES
SPOON the BATTER into the Bunt Pan. Do NOT pour the batter into the pan. BE gentle.
Leave space at the top of the pan for EXPANSION.
Place the Pan on the mid level rack of your oven
Bake for 20 minutes, then rotate the pan.
Note: Baking times are approximate. Your time may vary based on your oven. Keep your eye on things and adjust accordingly
Add FOIL on top and BAKE for 20 more minutes
Bake for 20 more minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool.
When cool, place your serving dish on top of the Bunt Pan (UPSIDE DOWN)
Take the plate and the pan and FLIP OVER.
Tap the top all the way around, then remove the bunt pan.
There you go.
Now lets make the TOPPING.
Sprinkle some BROWN SUGAR and CINNEMON on top.
In a small bowl combine PEACH JUICE and some CONFECTIONARY SUGAR. (SIFTED)
POUR over the top, letting the topping drizzle down the sides.
I then placed the cake in the fridge until dinner time.
So, how did it work out ????
FANTASTIC !!!
IF I HAD TO DO IT OVER, WHAT WOULD I DO DIFFERENT ??
Maybe I would use cream in the drizzle topping so it stayed WHITE.
On second thought, this is PERFECT.
And our guests loved it. (I gave us 'normal' folks some Cinnamon-Sugar to sprinkle on their cake.)
This is a great GO TO desert if you are having friends over.
Give it a try. You can thank me later.
That's all the time we have for todays episode. I am still going through files and do have some ideas on what to do next.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME !!!!
Live Long & Prosper
Grover Cleveland says "Good Night."
