Description
Fresh Peach Pound Cake is a rich, buttery summer dessert made with diced fresh peaches, buttermilk, vanilla, and peach schnapps for bold peach flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted once
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup peach schnapps
- 6 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups fresh peaches, diced
- Baking spray with flour or solid vegetable shortening and granulated sugar, for preparing the pan
- Optional cream cheese glaze, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Coat a 10-inch, 16-cup tube pan thoroughly with baking spray with flour, or grease it with solid vegetable shortening and dust it with granulated sugar.
- Add the flour, sugar, butter, buttermilk, peach schnapps, eggs, and vanilla to the bowl of a stand mixer in the order listed.
- Beat on low speed for 1 minute, then stop the mixer and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes until the batter looks smooth and thick.
- Fold in the diced fresh peaches gently with a spatula.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tube pan and smooth the top.
- Bake for 1 hour 25 minutes to 1 hour 35 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean or with dry crumbs.
- Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Carefully invert the cake onto a serving plate and drizzle with cream cheese glaze if desired.
Notes
- Use ripe but firm peaches for the best flavor and texture.
- Pat very juicy peaches dry before folding them into the batter.
- Peach nectar or peach juice may replace peach schnapps for a nonalcoholic version.
- Some alcohol may remain after baking, so choose a substitution when serving guests who avoid alcohol.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 592
- Sugar: 47
- Sodium: 268
- Fat: 28
- Saturated Fat: 17
- Unsaturated Fat: 11
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 74
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 6
- Cholesterol: 140