Description
Rich brown sugar layer cake with peach filling celebrates Southern summer dessert traditions. Moist cake layers complemented by sweet peach preserves create a delightful experience you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¾ cups (350 g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 4 large eggs
- 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk
- ½ cup (120 ml) sour cream
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 cups fresh or frozen peaches, diced
- 3 cups (360 g) powdered sugar
- 8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ⅓ cup (65 g) granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp water
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- Fresh peach slices
- Caramel drizzle
- Toasted pecans
Instructions
- Preparation Setup: Ignite the oven to 350F (175C), meticulously outfit three 8-inch cake pans with parchment paper and a thorough butter coating.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a homogeneous powder, ensuring seamless cake texture and consistent flavor distribution.
- Butter and Sugar Transformation: Whip butter and brown sugar in a capacious mixing vessel, elevating the mixture to a voluminous, cloud-like consistency with vigorous blending.
- Liquid Integration: Introduce eggs one at a time, permitting complete absorption, then infuse vanilla extract, allowing its fragrant essence to permeate the mixture.
- Batter Composition: Alternate folding of dry ingredients and liquid components (buttermilk and sour cream), maintaining the batter’s delicate architectural integrity while preventing overmixing.
- Pan Filling and Baking: Evenly disperse batter across prepared pans, creating uniform layers, then slide into the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick emerges impeccably clean.
- Cooling and Assembly: Extract cakes from oven, allow ten-minute pan rest, then transfer to wire rack for complete temperature reduction, preparing layers for peach filling and final artistic embellishment.
Notes
- Prevent Cake Sinking: Avoid opening the oven door during initial baking to maintain consistent temperature and prevent cake from deflating.
- Achieve Smooth Texture: Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature before mixing to create a more uniform and tender cake batter.
- Maximize Peach Flavor: Drain peach filling thoroughly to prevent excess moisture from making cake layers soggy during assembly.
- Perfect Cake Layering: Use a cake turntable and offset spatula for precise filling and frosting application, creating a professional-looking final presentation.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 565
- Sugar: 59 g
- Sodium: 350 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 17 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 73 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 95 mg