The are two ways to make the brown butter peach smush. To peel or not to peel. Peeled peaches will result in smush color that is well, peach and a flavor that is mild. Unpeeled *peaches will result in this fabulous peachy pinky red smush color and amazingly enough, the peel gives the whole mess a way deeper fruity flavor.

If you go with unpeeled peaches, when you place them in the pan prior to adding the cake batter, you