Recent Peach Cake (Additional Peaches!)

This straightforward recipe for recent peach cake is an excellent method to showcase candy peaches once they’re in season. Tender and tender with a creamy crumb, and that includes 2 layers of juicy peaches for further peach taste in each chew, this cake wants no topping or adorning (although a dusting of powdered sugar is at all times welcome). It’s the right deal with to take pleasure in on a porch swing with a glass of iced tea—or wherever you discover summertime bliss.

peach cake cut into slices sitting on bottom of springform pan.

This easy but spectacular recent peach cake is the right fast & straightforward dessert to make when peaches are in season, whether or not you picked them straight from a tree… or from a roadside farm stand… or from the grocery retailer once they had been on sale. I really like peach pie, however typically you want a easy recipe for a dessert that may be able to eat within the subsequent couple of hours. This peach cake is simply the factor!

(Peach crisp and peach cobbler are each great choices as nicely, after all. Particularly if you happen to occur to have vanilla ice cream in your freezer.)


All the things You’ll Love About This Recent Peach Cake

  • Tremendous moist, tender, tender cake with juicy cinnamon-spiced peaches
  • Nice method to showcase recent peaches throughout peak peach season
  • Fast & straightforward—no mixer required, no separate topping to make, and also you don’t even need to peel the peaches!
  • All of the flavors you like in peach pie (with much less time & effort)
  • Not overly candy, so the fruit’s pure sweetness shines
  • Greek yogurt makes for a creamy-like crumb, similar to it does in lemon berry yogurt cake
  • You may use dairy-free yogurt to make this a dairy-free recipe
  • Don’t have to attend hours for it to chill fully earlier than consuming
  • Transport and serve proper from the baking pan

And as a welcome bonus, there’s no sophisticated adorning required. Simply give it a shimmy-shake of confectioners’ sugar excessive earlier than serving—this peach cake is a pure magnificence!

slice of peach cake on stacked green plate.

Key Components You Want & Why

  1. Flour: All-purpose flour types the bottom for this cake’s construction.
  2. Baking Powder & Baking Soda: With so many moist substances, we’d like each baking powder and soda to assist elevate this cake so it’s not heavy and flat.
  3. Salt: For its flavor-enhancing superpowers.
  4. Oil: Utilizing oil as an alternative of butter in muffins makes for a supremely moist crumb. You should utilize olive oil, vegetable oil, or melted coconut oil right here—baker’s selection.
  5. Sugar: Granulated sugar is the sweetener for this cake. You don’t want lots, as a result of the peaches are already candy on their very own.
  6. Eggs: Eggs present construction, stability, and richness.
  7. Vanilla & Almond Extracts: You’ll love the flavour this combo supplies. It’s the identical duo used to taste traditional sugar cookies.
  8. Greek Yogurt: You’ll discover that I take advantage of yogurt or bitter cream in numerous my cake recipes. Each deliver a slight tang (very gentle) and brilliantly creamy moisture. I examined this cake with nonfat and low-fat Greek yogurt, common yogurt, and bitter cream—all had been wonderful. Greek yogurt added slightly extra tang and construction, although. You may additionally use a dairy-free yogurt to make this cake dairy free.
  9. Lemon Zest & Juice: Lemon brightens all the things up, and provides some recent taste. Style testers stated the cake was missing with out it.
  10. Peaches: You want about 2 cups of sliced recent peaches (peeling them first is non-compulsory). See the FAQs beneath for extra data on the perfect kind of peaches to make use of.
  11. Cinnamon: Completely non-compulsory.
ingredients on marble counter including peaches, sugar, lemon, salt, flour, oil, greek yogurt, eggs, and others.

Overview: Learn how to Make Recent Peach Cake

The cake is layered with peaches. Half batter, half peaches, remaining batter, remaining peaches.

peach slices in glass bowl.

There’s no mixer required for this recipe. Whisk the batter collectively, after which toss the peach slices with slightly sugar to assist them launch some juices.

Then I wish to toss HALF of the sugared peaches in cinnamon, so the fruit slices within the middle of the cake mingle with creamy cinnamon swirls (just like this peach fast bread). The opposite half of the peaches (with out cinnamon) create the highest layer of the cake. Once more, the cinnamon is non-compulsory. You may merely toss ALL of the peaches with the cinnamon, or go away it out totally.

Right here’s the creamy batter, and middle layer of cinnamon-sugar peaches:

batter in glass bowl and shown again in springform pan under cinnamon-covered peach slices.

As you may see, the cake is brimming with recent peaches. A 9-inch springform pan (what you employ for cheesecake) is good for this one-layer cake.

Right here’s the cake earlier than and after baking:

And whereas this pure magnificence wants no further elaborations, I wish to sift slightly dusting of confectioners’ sugar excessive simply earlier than serving. And, after all, whipped cream is at all times a welcome adornment.

Recipe Testing

I’m joyful to share my testing course of with anybody serious about how this cake got here to life! Right now’s peach cake is an almost-halved model of my lemon berry yogurt cake and a really barely scaled-up model of this cherry buckle. I wished to make use of oil as an alternative of butter to maintain the crumb mild and moist.

It doesn’t seem to be there’s numerous flour within the recipe, and also you’re proper—there’s not! I examined the cake with extra, however it made the cake slightly powerful and heavy. Yogurt is a heavy ingredient, and extra flour didn’t essentially assist.

By way of taste, lemon juice and almond extract are key. Style testers felt your complete cake was missing the perfect taste with out these additions.

slice of fresh peach cake with confectioners' sugar on top on white plate.
What Are the Greatest Peaches for Peach Cake?

You should utilize any number of peaches—yellow, white, and even doughnut peaches—however you need barely agency (not exhausting) peaches with no tender spots. Your finest wager is to buy or choose about 4 agency peaches, then allow them to sit in a paper bag for 1–2 days to ripen. Some could have tender spots after this time, so that’s the reason I counsel shopping for a pair greater than you really want. Eat any overly tender peaches or use them in peach muffins.

Can I Use Frozen Peaches?

Recent peaches are the best choice for this recent peach cake. If you happen to should use frozen peach slices, thaw after which blot them dry earlier than utilizing. Don’t use canned peaches.

Can I Use Different Fruits?

Positive! It is a nice cake for different fruits and flavors. As a substitute of peaches, strive nectarines, apricots, plums, pears, apples, and even halved cherries.

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peach cake cut into slices sitting on bottom of springform pan.

Recent Peach Cake


  • Creator:
    Sally

  • Prep Time:
    20 minutes

  • Prepare dinner Time:
    50 minutes

  • Whole Time:
    2 hours

  • Yield:
    serves 8-10

  • Class:
    Cake

  • Technique:
    Baking

  • Delicacies:
    American


Description

This straightforward recipe for recent peach cake is an excellent method to showcase candy peaches once they’re in season. Tender and tender with a creamy crumb, and that includes 2 layers of juicy peaches for further peach taste in each chew, this cake wants no topping or adorning (although a dusting of powdered sugar is at all times welcome). A mixer isn’t required for this recipe.



Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C) and grease a 9-inch springform pan.
  2. In a big bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt collectively till mixed. Put aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk the oil, 2/3 cup (133g) sugar, eggs, yogurt, vanilla and almond extracts, lemon juice, and lemon zest collectively till mixed. Pour the moist substances into the dry substances and whisk till mixed. Batter is creamy and barely thick. You should have simply over 3 cups of batter.
  4. In a medium bowl, toss the peach slices with 1 Tablespoon of sugar to coat. Divide in half, transferring half of the peaches to a different bowl. Add cinnamon to 1 half of the peaches and gently stir to coat. The cinnamon is non-compulsory. You may additionally toss ALL of the peaches within the cinnamon; I wish to toss solely half so the middle of the cake has loads of cinnamon swirls.
  5. Pour and unfold half the batter (simply eyeball it) into the ready pan. Place the cinnamon-sugared peaches in a fair layer on high. Unfold the remaining batter on high of the cinnamon peach layer. Place remaining sugared peaches on high.
  6. Bake for 50–55 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted within the middle of the cake comes out clear. Across the 30-minute mark, loosely tent with aluminum foil to forestall over-browning.
  7. Take away the cake from the oven and set the pan on a wire rack. Permit to chill for no less than half-hour earlier than slicing, or cool fully. Mud with confectioners’ sugar, if desired, earlier than serving.
  8. Cowl leftovers and retailer at room temperature for two days or within the fridge for as much as 5 days. If you happen to topped with a dusting of confectioners’ sugar, notice that the sugar will soften and disappear into the cake after a couple of hours.


Notes

  1. Freezing Directions: Cowl baked and cooled cake tightly and freeze for as much as 3 months. Carry to room temperature earlier than serving.
  2. Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Vegetable/Fruit Peeler | Glass Mixing Bowls | Whisk | Citrus Juicer & Zester | 9-inch springform pan | Cooling Rack | Sieve (for dusting confectioners’ sugar)
  3. Can I Make This in a Totally different Pan? The recipe is designed for a 9-inch springform pan, however you may additionally use a 10-inch cast iron skillet. A 9-inch or 10-inch sq. baking pan work too. I even have a recipe for a peach Bundt cake, and a peach fast bread if you wish to strive these as an alternative.
  4. Yogurt: I examined this cake with nonfat and low-fat Greek yogurt, common yogurt, and bitter cream—all had been wonderful. Greek yogurt added slightly extra tang and construction, although. You may additionally use a dairy-free yogurt to make this cake dairy free.
  5. Peaches: Recent peaches are the best choice for this recent peach cake. If you happen to should use frozen peach slices, thaw after which blot them dry earlier than utilizing. Canned peaches could be high-quality in a pinch, however the texture is a lot better with recent. If utilizing canned, make sure you drain and blot dry first.