Best Peach Crumb Cake Recipes

CRUMB COFFEE CAKE WITH PEACH PRESERVES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease and lightly flour a 2-part 10-inch tube pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, butter, and salt in a large bowl; stir with a fork or pastry knife to blend all ingredients. Measure 1 cup of the flour-butter mixture and set aside. Add baking powder and baking soda to the large bowl, and stir well.
• Whisk buttermilk, egg, and vanilla together in a second bowl. Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture and stir, briskly, with a whisk, until mixture is very smooth and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Spoon batter into prepared pan, smoothing and leveling the top.
• Warm peach preserves in the microwave or in a small pot and smash any large fruit pieces. Spoon warm preserves on top of the batter.
• Combine reserved flour-butter mixture, chopped almonds, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle crumbs evenly on top of the preserves.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• Transfer pan to a rack and cool for about 10 minutes. Remove the outer part of the tube pan and continue cooling, about 10 minutes. Slide a knife around the bottom of the cake to loosen from the pan. Using a spatula in each hand, lift the cake from the tube portion of the pan and place on a serving plate. Serve warm.

PEACH CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Make the topping: In a food processor combine the flour, the brown sugar, the butter, and the cinnamon and pulse the motor until the topping is combined well and crumbly.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. and butter and flour an 8-inch round or square baking pan. In a bowl with an electric mixer cream together the butter and the granulated sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and sift in the flour, the baking powder, and the salt. Beat the batter until it is just combined and spread it evenly in the pan. Arrange the peach slices in slightly overlapping rows over the batter, sprinkle the topping over them, and bake the cake in the middle of the oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Serve the cake warm or at room temperature.

FRESH PEACH CRUMB COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350. Liberally butter the bottom of a 10-inch cast iron skillet.
• 2. Place all the topping ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well to make a dense, smooth dough; set aside.
• 3. To make the cake batter, cream the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the sour cream, eggs, and vanilla and beat well. Place the flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a small bowl, stirring to combine; add to the batter all at once, stirring well to combine. The batter will be stiff. Smooth the batter into the prepared skillet. Arrange the peach slices on top in a single layer. Crumble the topping mixture into big chunks and sprinkle on top of the peaches.
• 4. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with crumbs clinging to it, about 45 minutes. (The cake will remain quite moist because of the peaches, but be sure you don't have streaks of raw batter on the toothpick.) Cool a little before cutting into wedges.

PEACH WALNUT CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F For the Topping, mix walnuts, flour, brown sugar and spices in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• For the Cake, mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in small bowl; set aside. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and sour cream on low speed just until blended. Gradually beat in flour mixture until blended. Spread evenly in greased 13x9-inch baking pan. Drain peach pieces on paper towels. Arrange peaches over top of batter, pressing in slightly. Sprinkle with topping mixture.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until cake pulls away from sides of pan and topping is browned. Cool in pan on wire rack.
• Tip: Substitute 2 cans (15 ounces each) peach slices, drained well and cut into 1-inch pieces, for the fresh peaches.