Peaches are the quintessential summer fruit. In fact, if summer had a flavor, it would most certainly be peachy keen! For this edition of The Stir Podcast SIP Series, we feature an easy, breezy peach cake that brings you the taste of summer in every bite.
This summer, with the world in the midst of a pandemic, the highly anticipated film version of the Broadway phenomenon, “Hamilton,” was released globally over the Independence Day weekend and gave the streaming service Disney+ an instant hit.
The Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, which opened in 2015, shattered box-office records on The Great White Way, and is one of the most acclaimed musicals of all time, winning 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
But what was the movie musical landscape like before “Hamilton” turned its world upside down?
In the history of film, less than a dozen musicals have won the Academy Award for Best Picture, most of them awarded more than 50 years ago. The last time a musical received Oscar’s top prize was 2002’s “Chicago.”
This week’s must-see movie list on The Stir is all about musicals! Host Trish Muyco-Tobin and author and entertainment columnist Debbie Baldwin explore some of Hollywood’s most enduring “song-and-dance” films, spanning decades of memorable music and moments on screen.
Watch Volume 10 of the SIP (Shelter in Place) Series on The Stir here
To celebrate summer, the show’s featured sweet treat is Peach Cake, made with sun-ripened peaches fresh from the orchard, along with ingredients that you’re already likely to have on hand in your fridge and pantry. This cake will have you enjoying the lazy, hazy days of summer all season long!
UPSIDE-DOWN PEACH CAKE
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened, divided
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 cups fresh peaches, peeled and sliced
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/4 t baking powder
- 1/4 t salt
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
Directions
- Melt 1/4 cup butter; pour into an ungreased 9-inch round baking pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange peach slices in single layer over sugar.
- In a large bowl, cream sugar and remaining butter until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Spoon over peaches.
- Bake at 350° for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.
Recipe courtesy of Taste of Home
