• Caramelised nectarine upside-down cake with butterscotch drizzle

    Serves: 1 cake
    Cooking Time: 1 hour

    Ingredients

    • TOPPING
    • 100g butter
    • 150g demerara sugar
    • 8 ripe nectarines
    • 150g almond meal
    • 290g butter
    • 120g self-raising flour
    • 5 eggs
    • 5ml vanilla extract
    • dried rose petals, to garnish

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat the oven to 180°C.

    2

    Line a 23cm springform cake tin with baking paper, including up the sides.

    3

    For the topping, melt the butter and sugar and et aside to cool.

    4

    Slice the top off the nectarines and place them in a large bowl. Pour boiling water over. Leave them for a bit, rinse in cold water, peel the skin off and slice.

    5

    Put the almond meal, butter, flour, eggs and vanilla in a blender and combine well.

    6

    Pour the sugar mixture into the base of the tin and arrange the nectarines on top. Spoon the almond meal mixture over and bake for 40 – 45 minutes.

    7

    To serve, invert the cake out of the tin, garnish with rose petals and serve hot or cold with fresh cream.

    COOK’S TIPS
    • Any seasonal fruit can be used.
    • Almond meal is available from Thrupps and baking shops.