Vegan Peach Upside-Down Cake – Holy Cow Vegan

September 23, 2023

This pretty vegan peach upside-down cake is really easy to make, and it is so scrumptious with gooey caramel and juicy peaches topping a damp, mushy cake.

Vegan peach upside-down cake in white plate.

The wrong way up truffles, like this shocking vegan rhubarb ginger the wrong way up cake and this vegan cranberry the wrong way up cake, are amongst my favourite truffles to bake and devour. For one, there is no want to make separate frosting, icing, and many others…the cake is shocking by itself. For some other, the wholesome fruit makes you’re feeling like you’ll have your cake and devour it too!

Should you, too, are partial to southern American convenience meals and particularly upside-down truffles, take a look at making this vegan peach the wrong way up cake.

The wrong way up truffles are so referred to as since you prepare fruit of your selection on the backside of the cake pan, pour batter over the fruit, then turn the cake over after baking, so the ground turns into the highest. It is a simple strategy to make a cake each handsome for little or no effort, and more healthy. Genius.

This peach cake is all that and extra. It has a bunch of yummy contrasting textures and flavors, and it is so simple to make. Summer season, when peaches are abundant, is a smart time to bake it, however early Fall, when peaches are nonetheless available in the market and it is tempting to stir up the oven, may be a great time to experience this cake.

Upside-down truffles are historically made in solid iron skillets, so if in case you have a 9-inch skillet, you’ll use that. Or simply use an 8- or 9-inch cake pan. What you will have to steer clear of, alternatively, is a springform pan, as tempting as this is. As a result of until your springform pan has a actually tight seal, the juices will ooze out and burn within the oven (as I discovered to my chagrin). As an alternative, line your cake pan with parchment paper and you can don’t have anything to fret about.

Why you are going to love this recipe

Wonderful textures and flavors. There’s the gooey caramel along side the peaches’ herbal juices that swimming pools on the backside of the pan; the graceful, silky peaches that style much more scrumptious when they’re melt-in-the-mouth mushy; and the wet, scrumptious cake with a touch of cinnamon.
Simple, one-bowl recipe. The cake batter comes in combination in a single bowl. Simply slice the peaches after which toss the whole thing into the bowl for the batter.
Soy-free, nut-free and vegan. See FAQs for tricks to make the cake gluten-free.

A slice of vegan peach upside-down cake on white plate with fork.

Elements

Peaches: Be sure you use ripe, candy peaches. Peaches of any selection are nice. This time I used white peaches.
Flour. Use unbleached all objective flour or complete wheat pastry flour. Each variations are scrumptious however the entire wheat pastry flour provides extra fiber and vitamins to the recipe.
Leavening: Baking powder and baking soda.
Sugar. I take advantage of turbinado sugar, which tints the cake brown. You’ll use any sugar of your selection.
Vegan butter. You’ll want two tablespoons of vegan butter for the topping however you’ll exchange the six tablespoons of butter used within the cake batter with any oil of your selection, like avocado oil.
Non-dairy milk. I take advantage of oat milk. Use any non-dairy milk of selection, together with almond milk, soy milk and cashew milk.
Apple cider vinegar. A small quantity of apple cider vinegar reacts with the baking soda to make the cake fluffier. You will not style the vinegar within the cake.
Cinnamon. That is not obligatory but it surely provides a pleasant taste to the cake.
Natural vanilla extract. This, too, offers an excellent taste to the cake.

Recipe FAQs

Must you stay up for the the wrong way up cake to chill ahead of flipping?

No! Turn the cake not more than 10 mins after it comes out of the oven. In a different way the juices from the fruit and the sugar will persist with the pan, making it inconceivable to unmold the cake.

Can I make this cake with complete wheat flour?

You’ll exchange the all-purpose flour with complete wheat pastry flour, with nice effects.

Can I make this peach upside-down cake gluten-free?

I have now not attempted this recipe with gluten-free flour, however the cake batter will have to paintings with an all-purpose gf combine. You’ll additionally take a look at making the gluten-free batter in my vegan banana the wrong way up cake recipe and use it with the peaches.

Garage directions

Refrigerate: Retailer the upside-down cake within the refrigerator for as much as every week.
Freeze: You’ll freeze the peach upside-down cake for as much as 4 months. Wrap the entire cake in two layers of freezer-safe wrap or position in a freezer-safe container and retailer. You’ll additionally retailer particular person slices, wrapped in freezer-safe wrap.
Thaw cake utterly ahead of consuming.

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