Peach Upside-Down Cake

One of  our long time family traditional desserts is Pineapple Upside-Down Cake. We decided to put our own twist on this recipe, by using fresh peaches, and call it Peaches & Spice Upside-Down Cake! We hope you enjoy our version of this amazing traditional recipe.

Ingredients:
~1/4 Cup butter or Margarine
~ 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
~ 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
~ 1 Cup packed brown sugar
~ 3 Cups drained fresh sliced peaches ( peeled and juice preserved)
~ 1  jar (6 oz.) maraschino cherries ( drained with no stems)
~ 1 box super moist yellow cake mix ( vegetable oil and eggs call for on cake mix box)
Directions:
~ Heat oven to 350 F
~ In a 13x9 in. pan, melt butter in oven (we prefer a bundt pan
~ Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon,and nutmeg over butter~ arrange peach slices on brown sugar mix
~ place cherries evenly around the peaches ( press gently into brown sugar)
~ add enough water to reserved peach juice to measure 1 cup
~ make cake batter as directed on box, substituting peach juice mixture for the water
~ mix together and pour in 13x9 in. pan on top of peaches
~ Bake 42-48 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
~ Immediately run knife around cake
~ Place heat proof serving platter upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over
~ Leave the pan over cake for 5 min. so brown sugar topping can drizzle over cake; remove pan cool 30 min.
~ Serve warm or cool