Grilled Peach Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 5 large peaches, 4 peeled and thinly sliced, 1 peeled and chopped
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 large eggs (or 1/2 cup egg substitute)
• 1/2 cup canola oil (or vegetable oil)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup hazelnuts, lightly toasted and coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat your gas grill.
• 2 in a deep 10-inch cast-iron skillet, melt the butter over indirect medium heat. stir in 1/4 cup sugar and cook until browned, about 5 minutes.
• 3 add a pinch of salt, 1/4 tsp cinnamon and the sliced peaches.
• 4 cook until carmelized, about 5 minutes. arrange the fruit in an even layer in the pan and let cool.
• 5 in a medium bowl, toss the chopped peaches with the remaining 2 cups sugar and 1/4 tsp cinnamon.
• 6 sift together the flour, baking soda, and remaining 1/2 tsp salt.
• 7 in a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and oil and add the vanilla.
• 8 gradually stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture until well mixed.
• 9 stir in the chopped peach-sugar mixture.
• 10 fold in the hazelnuts.
• 11 let the batter stand for 15 minutes.
• 12 stir the batter again (it will be very thick) and spread over the cooled fruit in the skillet.
• 13 place the skillet in the center of the grill and grill over indirect medium-low heat with the lid down, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
• 14 let cool for 15 minutes.
• 15 invert into a platter and serve warm.