Peach Cake
This peach cake recipe is moist and bursting with fresh peaches. It's easy to make (no mixer required), and topped with the most delicious peach glaze!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup salted butter (melted)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- ⅔ cup peach puree
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup peaches (diced or sliced)
- ¼ cup peach puree
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- 1
Peel and slice 3 cups peaches – about 3-5 peaches or 1 pound. We will use these in 3 different ways in this recipe.
- 2
Blend 2 cups peaches until smooth, divide into ¼ cup portion and ⅔ cup portion. Set both aside.
- 3
Dice the remaining 1 cup peaches.
- 4
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- 5
Line a 9” round cake pan with parchment paper and lightly grease, set aside.
- 6
In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, and cinnamon, set aside.
- 7
In a large glass bowl, melt the butter.
- 8
Then, in a large glass bowl, melt the butter. Whisk the sugars, ⅔ cup peach puree, eggs and vanilla into the melted butter until smooth.
- 9
Add dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- 10
Gently fold in the finely diced peaches.
- 11
Spread batter evenly into the bottom of the prepared cake pan.
- 12
Bake for 25-28 minutes, or until the cake is set and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- 13
Let cool in the cake pan completely before removing and transferring to a serving plate.
- 14
In a medium bowl, whisk together ¼ cup of peach puree, vanilla and powdered sugar until smooth.
- 15
Then, pour the peach glaze over the cooled cake and let it set at room temperature until hardened. Or, you can put the cake in the refrigerator, so the glaze sets faster.
- 16
Once the glaze is set, slice the peach cake and serve.