A Bed of Roses

Arrange the peaches decoratively on top of the cheescake.

Two new cookbooks are coming out and a bunch of our recipes are appearing in both! The newest edition of the Asheville Bed & Breakfast Association Cookbook has gone to the printer and the North Carolina Bed & Breakfast and Inns Cookbook should be out the first week in September. Here is a sneak preview from the NCBBI Cookbook. Check our recipe section soon for a preview of the newest ABBA cookbook!

Peach Topped Bavarian Torte

My sister Marianne gave me this recipe in 1972. I had to increase her original recipe to fit current spring form pan sizes.  It’s a crowd pleaser. For the B&B I cut it into squares to serve in the afternoons.

Ingredients

Crust

• 3/4 cup softened margarine or butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/8 tsp vanilla extract (we used Madagascar)
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans

Cheesecake

• 12 oz (1 1/2 8oz packages) softened cream cheese
• 1 1/2 eggs (not easy to do! I beat the second egg and poured in half)
• 3/8 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Topping

• 29 oz can of sliced cling peaches in juice, well drained
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp sugar

Preparation

1. Beat margarine or butter with sugar and vanilla at medium speed until well blended
2. Add flour and mix.
3. Stir in pecans.
4. Flour hands and press mixture into the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a spring form pan.
5. Beat cream cheese and 3/8 cup sugar at medium speed until smooth
6. Beat in egg and vanilla until blended
7. Pour into pan
8. In large bowl combine cinnamon and sugar. Add peaches and toss lightly
9. Arrange on top of cream cheese mixture
10. Bake 10 min at 450°
11. Reduce heat to 400° and continue baking 25 minutes more
12. Cool in pan 20 min, then carefully remove sides

Serve warm or refrigerate

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