This fresh peach buckle is a wonderful, homey fruit dessert which is tender and moist and packed full of peaches. Great for dessert, for breakfast, or for a mid-day snack.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword peach buckle, peach coffee cake
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 10servings
Calories 340kcal
Author justalittlebitofbacon
Ingredients
Crumble Topping
1/3cupall-purpose flour
1/3cupold fashioned rolled oats
1/3cuplight brown sugar,packed
1/4tspcinnamon
1/4tsptable salt
6tbspunsalted butter,cut into cubes
Cake
1 1/2cup(7 1/2 oz) all-purpose flour
1 1/2tspbaking powder
1/2tsptable salt
2/3cupgranulated sugar
6tbspunsalted butter,softened but still cool
1/2tsporange zest
2tspvanilla extract
2large eggs
4cupsdiced peaches,1/2 inch dice
Instructions
Adjust oven rack to the lower middle position. Preheat oven to 350F.
Butter a 9-inch cake pan or springform pan. Dust pan with flour, shaking out the excess.
Make the Topping
In the bowl of a food processor, process flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt until combined, a few short pulses.
Add butter and process until mixture resembles wet sand, about 20 1-second pulses.
Refrigerate until needed.
Make the Cake
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
In a standing mixer with a flat beater, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until light, about 3 minutes.
Switch the mixer to medium low and add the orange zest and vanilla.
Then add the eggs, one at a time, until well mixed, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula as needed. The mixture will look 'curdled' at this point.
Reduce the speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture. Mix until it is nearly combined, but you still have a few streaks of flour. Shut off the mixture and give the batter a few swift strokes with the spatula to finish mixing.
Add the peaches and fold them in.
Bake the Cake
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, smoothing it to the edges. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the batter, breaking up the clumps with your fingers.
Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with some crumbs attached. You don't want the cake to be too dry.
Cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes and then serve.
Notes
Topping: If you like a more rustic looking crumb topping, just mix all the topping ingredients together in a bowl and rub in the butter with your fingers.