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  Mandy smiled. Momma Peach was brilliant, amazing, loving and brave – yet the poor woman could not manage to catch a single fly. “Momma Peach?”

  “Not now!” Momma Peach yelled as sweat trickled down her face, “I’m on a mission! I’m searching for a clever, stinky little fly that has a date with this here newspaper in my hand. Oh yes, that fly is gonna read the headlines up close and personal!”

  Mandy wanted to tell Momma Peach that the fly had meanwhile landed on her shoulder, but she didn't have the heart. Instead, she looked at Momma Peach with loving eyes and smiled. For the time being, everything was right with the world.

  But the idyllic peace and comfort in Momma Peach’s bakery would not last forever. It would not be four hours later when Michelle would return to the bakery with a serious look on her beautiful face and urgent news for Georgia’s most famous baker and amateur detective.

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  Wendy Meadows

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  Momma’s Recipe

  Upside Down Peach Cake

  Ingredients

  3/4 cup butter, softened

  1/2 cup brown sugar

  3 Fresh sliced peaches

  3/4 cup white sugar

  1 egg

  1 tsp vanilla

  1 1/4 cups flour

  1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder

  1/4 teaspoon salt

  1/2 cup 1% milk

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  Directions

  Melt 1/4 of the butter and pour into a cake pan. Sprinkle with the brown sugar and arrange peaches flat in the brown sugar.

  In a separate bowl, mix the white sugar and remaining butter until fluffy. Add in egg, vanilla, flour, baking powder, salt and milk. When well mixed, pour over peaches. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

  Let cake cool and flip in pan onto a cooling rack. Serve immediately.

  About the Author

  Wendy Meadows is an emerging author of cozy mysteries. She lives in “The Granite State” with her husband, two sons, two cats and lovable Labradoodle.

  When she isn’t working on her stories she likes to tend to her flower garden, relax with adult coloring and play video games with her family.

  Get in Touch with Wendy

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  wendy@wendymeadows.com

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