Published August 20, 2015. Updated December 14, 2023
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Peach Coffee Cake – made with a buttery and flavorful cake base, layered with fresh peaches, crowned with a tender cinnamon crumb topping, and finished with a sweet vanilla glaze. Oh, so much goodness in one slice of coffee cake!
Peach Crumb Cake
Crumb cake, coffee cake, no matter what you call this moist, streusel-topped dessert… it’s delicious. Coffee cake has got to be one of the best desserts/breakfast treats. It pairs perfectly with tea or coffee, whether you eat it for breakfast, afternoon tea, or for dessert! Hey, you might even want to swap this for your standard birthday cake—it’s that good.
If you are looking for the perfect end-of-summer dessert to treat yourself this is it!Those fresh, sweet, and juicy summer peaches make this cake simply sublime and all the different layers and textures just take it from ordinary to extraordinary. If you want even more summer dessert goodness, serve it with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream!
It may take a few more mixing bowls than a single-layer cake does, but it’s totally worth it! I already can’t wait to make it again!
How to Make Peach Coffee Cake
This cake may seem like a process but it’s simple and fun to make! Many of these steps are perfect for small hands, so you can make this cake with your kids for a yummy memory of quality time. Here’s a quick breakdown of the steps:
- Make the preheat the oven and grease a springform pan.
- Prepare the crumble topping.
- Make the cake batter, spread into prepared pan.
- Top cake batter with a layer of peach slices.
- Sprinkle crumb topping over peaches.
- Bake, then remove and cool.
- Top with glaze.
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Peach Coffee Cake
The perfect way to use up fresh summer peaches! This cake is layered with a buttery flavorful cake, a generous layer of peaches and it's finished with a cinnamon crumble and sweet vanilla glaze. Who could resist a slice?
Servings: 12
Prep30 minutes minutes
Cook50 minutes minutes
Ready in: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Ingredients
Crumbs
- 1 1/4 cups (175g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)
- 1/3 cup (74g) packed light-brown sugar
- 1/3 cup (74g) granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup (4 oz) unsalted butter, melted
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups (214g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 lb peaches at room temperature, peeled, cored and sliced (about 3 medium sliced into 10 slices each)
- 3/4 cup (170g) granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup (80g) sour cream
- 1/3 cup (80ml) buttermilk
Vanilla Glaze (optional)
- 1/2 cup (66g) powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp half and half or milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9-inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray.
To make crumbs:
In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt until well blended (break any clumps of brown sugar up with fingertips). Pour in melted butter and using a rubber spatula, fold mixture until evenly moistened. Set aside.
To prepare cake:
In a separate mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt for 20 seconds, set aside (peel and slice peaches now if you haven't already). In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip together butter and granulated sugar until pale and fluffy.
Mix in eggs one at a time adding in vanilla with second egg.
Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter/egg mixture and mix just until combined, then pour in buttermilk and mix just until combined. Mix in another 1/3 of the flour mixture and mix just until combined, then mix in sour cream. Finish by mixing in last 1/3 of the flour mixture and mix until nearly combined, then remove bowl and scrape bowl and fold batter just to combined.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Top evenly with peaches then evenly sprinkle crumb mixture into very small crumbles over peaches.
Bake in preheated oven until center of cake is set (it shouldn't jiggle or sink when touched, and toothpick should come out free of batter), about 50 - 55 minutes. Cool on a wire rack (you don't need to cool entirely, this cake is really good warm), then drizzle with glaze if desired.
For the glaze:
Whisk together powdered sugar, half and half and vanilla in a bowl until well blended. Add more half and half to thin as desired or more powdered sugar to thicken if needed.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Crumb Cake, Peach Crumb Cake
Author: Jaclyn
Recipe originally published August 20, 2015 titled “Peach Crumb Cake” recipe title updated January 21, 2020 to “Peach Coffee Cake”.
