Recipe for Peach Almond Cake
Updated April 28, 2011
I love Utah peaches. In my book, they are the best! They are finally ripe and ready and I can’t get enough. I bought a bunch last week, but couldn’t eat them fast enough so I decided to use some of them in a cake.
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ stick unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup plus 1 ½ tablespoons sugar, divided
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
1 large egg
½ cup shaken buttermilk
Peaches, chopped (about 1 ¼ cups)
Almonds, sliced or chopped almonds (about ¾ cup)
Turbinado sugar (to sprinkle on top of cake)
Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in middle. Butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Beat butter and 2/3 cup sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts. Add egg and beat until combined.
At low speed, mix in flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour, and mixing until just combined.
Spoon batter into cake pan, smoothing top. Scatter chopped peaches evenly over top and sprinkle the almonds on top of the peaches. Top with remaining 1 ½ Tbsp sugar and the turbinado sugar.
Bake until cake is golden and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool to warm, 10 to 15 minutes more. Invert onto a plate.
Peaches and almonds sound amazing. The cake looks perfect.
I just made the flour-less peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, yum!
Beautiful cake! LOVE anything with peaches 🙂
Delicious! My husband would love this.
Wow – this cake look delicious, Maria! No surprise that it was a big hit at the J&J party. I hope to see it in the next week or so – glad to hear that you enjoyed it!
That looks like a great, versatile cake. I'd love to try that with the peaches and also with a different fruit. Looks wonderful!
Washington peaches are usually good but this summer they have been amazing due to all of the sun we've had. This is a perfect way to showcase them.
Oh delicious! Peaches and almonds are a lovely combination…I will have to try this with my plethora of peaches!
Fabulous recipe it looks very more-ish! I love almonds and peach together delicious.
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I know where to come for my peach recipes! 🙂 This sounds wonderful.
I have to make this just so I can eat it with my peach ice cream! YUM
This sounds delicious! Perfect for a party for sure! 🙂
I was at the party where this can serve and I can testify to the fact that it was delicious!
I love almonds in my desserts! Lovely!
I think we in NJ could give you and Giorgia a run for your money when it comes to peaches. Your cake looks scrumptious though with that almond topping.
That looks and sounds amazing.
The combination sounds wonderful!
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