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 Peach Cake
Course Dessert
Prep Time 00:12 minutes
Cook Time 00:40 minutes
Servings
6
Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon shortening
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3 canned peach halves
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 1/4 cup sifted cake flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/4 cup Milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
  1. Melt 1 tablespoon shortening in 8 x 8 x 2 pan
  2. Sprinkle brown sugar over it, arrange sliced peaches over sugar.
  3. Cream ¼ cup shortening, add sugar stir in egg.
  4. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt and add alternately with milk and vanilla.
  5. Pour over peach slices.
  6. Bake 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
  7. Invert at once onto a plate. Heat some of the peach juice, add sherry to taste and serve over cake.
Recipe Notes

From Doris Spann cookbook dated 1944