Peach Bundt Cake

You’ll Need:

1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3 eggs
2 cups unsifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups fresh peach puree (made by crushing
peeled peaches with potato masher or in blender)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

Procedures : Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs. Mix thoroughly.

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add peach puree and dry ingredients alternately to egg mixture, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and nuts. Mix until it is blended. Spoon batter into a well greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan. Bake about 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean.

Invert pan on serving plate. Let stand until cool.

Remove cake from pan, tapping bottom and sides if necessary. Serve with Peach Sauce. Cake will stay moist, covered for several days in refrigerator. It also freezes nicely.

Peach Sauce
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Dash of salt
1 cup sliced peaches
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 tablespoons orange extract (to taste)

Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add peaches and water. Cook over low heat, stirring until thickened. Add butter and flavoring.

Serve warm over Peach Bundt Cake or ice cream