Simple Peach Cake Recipe
This Peach Cake recipe is perfect for summer! Bursting with fresh summer flavor and tender and moist, this cake is perfect by itself, with ice cream or with a dollop of fresh whipped cream.
Servings: 9 Servings
Calories: 289kcal
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.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 163mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 28g
