Fresh ripe peaches make a delicious and summery southern pound cake. This cake is full of peach flavor and covered in a simple peach glaze. Serve as is or alongside vanilla ice cream! Recipe is written for a 10" Bundt pan.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Southern
Keyword Easy Summer Desserts, Peaches, Pound Cake
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Resting Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour35 minutesminutes
Servings 16
Calories 353kcal
Author Emma J. Watling
Equipment
10" Bundt or tube pan
Stand mixer or hand mixer
Ingredients
Peach Pound Cake:
2½cupschopped fresh peaches= 1 lb (3 to 4 medium peaches)
3cupsall-purpose flourdivided
1tspbaking powder
1/2tspsalt
1/2tspground cinnamon
1cupunsalted butter, softened= 2 sticks
2cupssugar
4largeeggs
1tspvanilla extract
Peach Glaze:
3 to 4tbspjuice from fresh peaches
2cupspowdered sugar
1/8tspsalt
Instructions
Chop peaches and set in a colander over a bowl. You'll need the juice for the glaze.
Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray or grease a 10" Bundt or tube pan and dust evenly with powdered sugar. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together 2 and 3/4 cups of the flour with the baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside. The remaining 1/4 cup of flour will be used later.
In a separate large bowl, cream together softened butter and sugar on medium speed until very pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Reduce speed to medium-low. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla extract.
Take 1/2 cup of the peaches and mash until pureed (or use a food processor to puree). Stir into the creamed mixture until well blended.
Gradually, on low speed, add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture until combined.
Take the remaining 1/4 cup of flour and toss with remaining 2 cups of chopped peaches to coat. Gently fold into batter with a spatula.
Pour batter into prepared pan, level the top, and bake for 65 to 75 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean. Depending on your pan and oven, you may need to begin checking at 55 minutes.
Let cake stand in pan for 10 minutes then turn out onto cooling rack to cool completely before glazing.
Make Peach Glaze:
Whisk together glaze ingredients until smooth. Pour evenly over the top of the cool cake (glaze will run down).
Storage:
Store glazed cake tightly covered at room temperature up to 4 days. Or freeze individually wrapped slices for 3 months. Thaw at room temperature.
Notes
Substitute frozen thawed peaches for fresh, if desired
This recipe can also be baked in two 8" x 5" loaf pans. Begin checking for doneness at 50 minutes.
For a thinner glaze, reduce glaze ingredients by half.