- [Natasha] This peach cake is unbelievably easy.
It's soft, moist, and loaded with peaches.
This recipe is perfect for last-minute entertaining.
You'll make it again and again.
We'll start with some quick prep.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit
and grease a nine-inch springform pan.
Now pit and peel one pound or three large peaches
then slice them into about 1/2-inch-thick pieces.
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You should end up with 2 1/4 cups of chopped fruit.
Measure that out to be sure and set it aside for later.
In a small mixing bowl whisk together
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour,
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
We're gonna put that aside for later.
And in a large mixing bowl combine
3/4 cup or 12 tablespoons of softened unsalted butter
with 1 cup of sugar.
Beat those together on high speed
for about four to five minutes or until fluffy.
Now we need three large room-temperature eggs.
Add the eggs one at a time, allowing them to incorporate
into the batter before adding the next egg.
Then continue mixing another minute on medium-high speed.
Once the mixture is well blended,
grate and beat in 1/2 teaspoon of fresh lemon zest
along with 1/2 teaspoon of real vanilla extract.
Set the mixer to low speed
and beat in your flour mixture 1/3 at a time,
letting it mix just until it's well blended.
On to my favorite part,
fold in 2 1/4 cups of your diced peaches.
Fold the peaches gently into that thick and fluffy batter
which smells absolutely amazing at this point.
Transfer the batter to your greased springform pan
and smooth out the top.
Bake in the center of a preheated oven
at 350 degrees fahrenheit for about 50 minutes to one hour
or until a toothpick inserted into the center
comes out clean without wet batter.
All right, this has come out of the oven.
It's been resting for just as long as I can stand it.
And I'm totally ready for this taste test.
It smells so good in my kitchen right now.
So before it comes out of the pan,
we're gonna just take a thin spatula around the edges
to loosen it up from the pan.
And then it comes out pretty easy.
Okay.
Ooh, perfect. (laughs)
All right, time to make this beautiful
and completely irresistible.
So we're gonna add a crown of powdered sugar.
This is the easiest topping.
And it just looks so striking when you serve it
with powdered sugar, ooh-hoo-hoo.
Okay, that looks good.
Okay, and then I've sliced up some fresh peach.
And just decorate the top with those.
I like to put them in a ring,
so everyone knows that this is a peach cake
even before they slice into it.
Simple and pretty.
I like these kind of recipes.
All right, now for the taste test.
I'm gonna get a generous slice here.
(hums) This looks good.
Oh, that's so soft.
(chuckles) Come in and get a close look
while I pull this thing out.
It is so fluffy.
(chuckles) Yes.
All right, where's my plate?
Where's that plate when you need it?
Oh, wow, look at that.
Here we go, the moment I've been waiting for.
Mmm.
This cake is fluffy perfection.
It's loaded with juicy and kind of tangy peaches.
It's lightly sweet.
You've got that little hint of lemon zest.
It is perfect.
It makes for a really good coffee cake, too.
Make this for your next anything.
(laughs) Make it tomorrow; make it today.
You guys are gonna love this recipe.
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I think they're gonna love it.
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