Description
Spiced Peach Bread is a tender, buttery quick bread filled with diced fresh peaches, dark brown sugar, buttermilk, and warm cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups cake flour or all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 cup cultured buttermilk
- 2 cups diced fresh peaches, skin on
- 1 teaspoon coarse sparkling sugar, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly butter a 9×5-inch loaf pan and line it with parchment paper, leaving long overhangs on two sides.
- Dice the peaches into small pieces and set them aside.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves in a medium bowl.
- Add the softened butter and dark brown sugar to a stand mixer bowl. Beat for about 5 minutes, until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Continue beating for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the flour mixture in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
- Finish mixing gently by hand with a spatula, then fold in the diced peaches.
- Spread the batter evenly in the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle the top with sparkling sugar.
- Bake on the center rack for 50 to 55 minutes, until the loaf rises fully and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out without wet batter.
- Cool the bread in the pan for 10 minutes, then lift it out with the parchment paper and transfer it to a wire rack before slicing.
Notes
- Use ripe but firm peaches for the best texture.
- Do not overmix the batter after adding the flour.
- All-purpose flour works well if you do not have cake flour.
- To make a cake flour substitute, measure 1 cup all-purpose flour, remove 2 tablespoons, replace them with 2 tablespoons cornstarch, and sift twice.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days or refrigerate for up to 5 days.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 302
- Sugar: 21
- Sodium: 131
- Fat: 17
- Saturated Fat: 10
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 35
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 82