Upside Down Peaches & Clotted Cream Cake

Ingredients

• 200g/7oz golden caster sugar, plus 2 tbsp
• 3 ripe peaches, stoned and cut into thin slices
• 50g/1.75oz ground almonds, plus 2 tbsp
• 100g/3.5oz salted butter, softened, plus extra for the tin
• 2 eggs
• 100g/3.5oz clotted cream, plus extra to serve
• 200g/7oz self-raising flour
• ½ tsp almond or vanilla extract
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds, toasted

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Method

1. Heat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Butter and line a 20cm round fixed-base (or tight-fitting springform, to prevent any drips) cake tin.
2. Sprinkle the 2 tbsp of sugar into the base of the tin, lay the peach slices on top in a spiral, fitting them in snugly. Evenly sprinkle the 2 tbsp of ground almonds over the peaches.
3. Beat the butter and sugar with an electric whisk until creamy, then add the eggs one at a time, followed by the Devon Clotted Cream. Fold in the flour, almond or vanilla extract and baking powder, and mix until just combined.
4. Dollop spoonfuls into the tin over the peaches and smooth over the surface. Bake for 50 mins-1 hr or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle.
5. Leave to cool in the tin, then flip onto a plate when at room temperature.
6. Serve the cake with Devon Clotted Cream, sprinkled with the toasted flaked almonds.