Description
Homemade peach coffee cake delivers delightful summer flavors with a crumbly streusel topping. Moist layers of sweet peaches and cinnamon create a delectable treat you’ll savor with morning coffee or afternoon tea.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour (1 ½ cups for cake, ½ cup for topping)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 ½ cups peaches (fresh or canned, diced)
- ¾ cup non-dairy milk (almond, oat, or soy)
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce (or mashed banana)
- ⅓ cup melted coconut oil (or neutral oil)
- 3 tbsps melted coconut oil (or vegan butter) (for topping)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tsps cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp salt (for topping)
Instructions
- Streusel Preparation: Amalgamate dry ingredients into a mixing bowl, blending flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Drizzle melted coconut oil, folding gently until a coarse, crumbly texture emerges, creating a rustic streusel topping for later use.
- Liquid Mixture Development: Whisk plant-based milk, vanilla extract, and apple cider vinegar in a separate container, allowing the mixture to curdle and develop a tangy buttermilk-like consistency.
- Dry Ingredient Integration: Sift flour, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl, ensuring even distribution and eliminating potential lumps.
- Batter Formation: Construct a central well in dry ingredients, then introduce curdled milk mixture and melted coconut oil. Fold gently until a smooth, cohesive batter materializes.
- Fruit Incorporation: Delicately fold diced peaches into the batter, distributing fruit evenly while maintaining a tender cake texture.
- Pan Preparation and Baking: Transfer batter to a prepared baking pan, spreading evenly and generously sprinkling reserved streusel topping across the entire surface. Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown, with a toothpick inserted into the center emerging clean.
- Cooling and Serving: Allow cake to cool completely within the pan, enabling structural setting and flavor melding before slicing and presenting.
Notes
- Select Fresh Peaches: Choose ripe, fragrant peaches at peak season for maximum flavor and natural sweetness, which elevates the cake’s overall taste profile.
- Prevent Fruit Sinking: Lightly coat diced peaches in a thin layer of flour before folding into batter to prevent them from sinking during baking, ensuring even fruit distribution.
- Maintain Moisture Balance: Do not overmix batter to keep the cake tender and prevent developing tough gluten strands that can make the texture dense and dry.
- Customize Dietary Needs: Easily substitute gluten-free flour blend for all-purpose flour and use alternative plant milks like almond or oat to accommodate different dietary restrictions without compromising taste.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg