Upside-Down Orange French Toast

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup pecans
2 Tablespoons grated orange peel
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
12 slices French bread (3/4 inch thick)
4 oz cream cheese, cubed
8 eggs
1 cup orange juice

DIRECTIONS:
1 - Place butter in a 13in X 9 in baking dish. Combine the sugar, pecans, orange peel and cinnamon.  Sprinkle over butter.
2 - Arrange bread in dish and dot each slice with cream cheese.
3 - In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and orange juice, then pour over bread.  Cover and refrigerate overnight.
4 - Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.  Bake, uncovered at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until a knife inserted near the middle comes out clean.
5 - To serve, invert slices onto plates.

THOUGHTS:
Another wonderful recipe from Taste of Home magazine.  I had held on to this recipe over a year waiting for an opportunity to make breakfast for a large group.  I shouldn't have waited.  I could eat all six servings in one sitting.  A good idea?  Of course not, but I could do it without a second thought.