Peach Upside Down Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 1/4 lb margarine
• 4 eggs
• 2 (15 1/4 ounce) cans peaches in heavy syrup, juice reserved
• 1 (2 ounce) bag pecans
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 (6 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, undrained
• 1/4 cup brown sugar (again)

Recipe

• 1 mix cake batter according to directions on box, but substitute reserved peach juice/syrup for water.
• 2 add margarine, then eggs.
• 3 sprinkle some cinnamon & a little brown sugar [as much as desired!], then blend until it is thick. set aside.
• 4 in bottom of a 13"x9" non-stick cake pan, place peach halves, cut side down & with a cherry in the middle of each, lining bottom of pan with peaches.
• 5 sprinkle a little brown sugar over peaches.
• 6 put a whole pecan in each of the spaces where peach halves come together, & place more all around the pan.
• 7 drizzle a little bit of the cherry liquid over the peaches.
• 8 pour cake batter over peaches, covering all of them.
• 9 bake cake according to directions on box, but increasing baking time a little bit.
• 10 when done, remove from oven & cool slightly before inverting cake onto a serving plate.
• 11 great served warm, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.