Peach Cake with Cinnamon Streusel
Peach Cake with Cinnamon Streusel can be a great treat for either brunch or dessert. You'll find a soft, moist cake, filled with peaches. Smothered with a streusel crumb topping it's a fabulous coffee cake.
Ingredients
STREUSEL
- ¾ cup flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cardamom
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup pecans (chopped)
- ½ cup butter (cold and cut into 1 inch pieces)
CAKE
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon cardamom
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 4 tablespoons butter (melted)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2-3 cups peaches (sliced into ½ inch slices)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Butter and flour a 9 inch spring-form pan or cake pan.
Streusel:
- Whisk together flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and cardamom in a medium bowl. Add cold butter and combine with fingers until incorporated, add pecans and set aside.
Cake:
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, sugar and cardamom. Set aside. In a medium bowl, beat melted butter, cream, egg, and vanilla on medium-high speed until light and airy, about 1 minute. Fold the flour mixture into the cream mixture with a spatula until just combined. Do not over mix. Spread into prepared pan.
- Place peach slices on top of the cake batter, pushing slices into the batter. Top with streusel pushing it slightly down into the peaches.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean. Do not over bake. Let cool for 1 hour before removing from the pan. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.
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Barbara's Notes + Tips
- You can leave out the pecans or substitute walnuts.
- Instead of cardamon, you can use cinnamon or nutmeg.
- Be careful not to over mix the batter.
- If your peaches aren't ripe learn how to ripen a peach at home.
Nutrition
Calories: 515kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 361mg | Potassium: 237mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 816IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 2mg
