Rustic Peach Cake

Name: Rustic Peach Cake
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces; 50 grams), granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 2 medium, peaches, peeled, pitted, and each cut into 8 wedges; 1 cup (5 ounces; 142 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces; 50 grams), granulated sugar; 1/4 cup packed (1¾ ounces; 50 grams), light brown sugar; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), softened; 2 , large eggs; 2 tablespoons, sour cream; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/3 cup, dried peaches or apricots, chopped fine

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2008

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The most popular recipes for peach cake are rustic single-layer yellow cakes studded with chunks of fresh peaches-what should be a dense, rich cake packed with bright peach flavor.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The most popular peach cake recipes are rustic single-layer yellow cakes studded with chunks of fresh peaches. But many of these recipes have big problems. Some cakes were made mushy and wet by an excess of peach juice, while others feature...

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