Peach Coffee Cake

Name: Peach Coffee Cake
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 , peaches, halved, pitted, and cut into ½-inch wedges, or 12 ounces frozen sliced peaches, thawed; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 cup (2 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup packed (1 3/4 ounces), brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon, salt; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces), granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 cup, sour cream; 2 , large eggs; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon, almond extract; 1/2 cup, peach preserves

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By Katie Leaird

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2018

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit

Cakes

Peach flavor can be muted in baked goods. We set out to make a coffee cake that sang loudly of peaches.

SERVES8

TIME1½ hours, plus 30 minutes macerating and 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our aim here was twofold: a perfect coffee cake and a strong peach presence. Coffee cake should be moist but neither too light and fluffy nor too dense. For the cake, we auditioned different types of dairy: milk, heavy cream, and sour cream...

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