Simple Peach Cake Recipe
It’s a terrible shame to be really excited about a recipe, only to have it not live up to your expectations. That’s what happened to my friend, Abby. She bought a bunch of beautiful peaches with the intent of making a peach cake, only to text me later and tell me that it sucked! Well lucky for her because I just happened to have a bunch of peaches on my counter that needed baking! I bought a bunch at the Farmers Market, brought them home, they looked beautiful, and tasted amazing. However, the next morning every single one of them was bruised and pathetic looking.
If you can’t tell by now, I’m all about the non-fussy simple cakes, the kind where its all about the fruit, and I wanted to find something similar for a peach cake.
This simple peach cake recipe completely fits the bill, and I loved the crushed almonds hidden in the batter. I totally didn’t follow the directions (I’m getting really bad at that, aren’t I?) and accidentally put the whole amount of sugar in with the peaches instead of the batter, so the top of the cake formed this delectably jammy gooeyness on top, and I loved it. This cake was gone as fast as it came out of the oven. It serisously didn’t even last a whole 24 hours.
How to Make A Simple Peach Cake
This cake is so easy to make, yet is so moist and flavorful!
- Dice the peaches and toss with ground nutmeg and half of the sugar.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and remaining sugar together.
- Mix in the remaining wet ingredients.
- In a second bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
- Gently combine the dry mixture with the wet ingredients, just until combined.
- Pour the batter into a prepared cake pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 350, and then reduce the temperature to 325 and continue baking for 50 minutes.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack, and then serve with vanilla ice cream or freshly whipped cream!
Love simple cake recipes? Try these:
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- Easy and Elegant Plum Torte – Moist, buttery, juicy, and unbelievable. This simple dessert is everything you want in a dessert – it is easy to make, and lovely to eat!
- Easy Plum Cake – This easy plum cake recipe is a lovely coffee cake type cake perfect for summer or fall. Slightly spiced with cardamom and orange zest, this cake is perfect with a cup of coffee or tea, is perfect to serve at picnics, and only gets better the day after you make it!
- Chocolate Wacky Cake – This Wacky Cake recipe is a moist chocolate cake that dates back to World War 2. This chocolate cake is one that you need to keep in your back pocket because its so simple!
Simple Peach Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 ripe peaches
- ¾ tsp freshly ground nutmeg
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup finely ground almonds
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Butter a 9 inch cake pan.
- Cut the peaches into bite sized pieces.
- Toss the peaches with nutmeg all but 1/2 cup of the sugar.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar.
- Add the egg, buttermilk, and extracts to the batter and mix well.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, ground almonds, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pie pan.
- Press the peaches into the top of the cake, cramming as much as you can in there.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 350 F.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 325 and bake for an additional 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Serve with vanilla ice cream or freshly whipped cream.
Love the simplicity of this recipe. Cake looks delicious.
Needs a little more humidity, but it’s good~!