Peach Cake

- Peach Cake -

This delicious recipe is from Natasha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs, room temp
1/2 tsp grated lemon zest
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
4 ripe medium peaches, pitted, peeled and sliced into cubes

Method:

Heat oven to 350˚F. Grease a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
1. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.

2. In a large bowl, beat together butter with sugar until fluffy (4-5 minutes).

3. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time allowing them to incorporate into the batter before adding the next egg then continue mixing another minute on med/high speed. Once mixture is well blended, beat in fresh lemon zest and vanilla extract.

4. Set your stand mixer to low and beat in your flour mixture just until blended.

5. Dice peaches then use a spatula to fold them into your batter just until evenly dispersed then transfer batter to your prepared springform pan and bake in the centre of the oven at 350˚F for 1 hour and 5 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool to room temp before sprinkling the top with confectioners sugar.