I recently made this cake for my son's birthday dessert. I used a smaller loaf pan than the recipe called for, so I put the rest of the batter in 2 ramekins. That made my loaf smaller, but it was very moist with delicious peaches. I found this recipe at Owl B Baking where Liz has pretty pictures of the bread that made me want to try this!
Peach Cobbler Pound Cake
Streusel:3 T. butter, room temperature
1/2 c. light brown sugar
1/2 c. flour
1 t. cinnamon
1/8 t. nutmeg
1/8 t. salt
Cake:
2 (15-oz.) cans of sliced peaches or peach halves OR 5-6 fresh whole peaches, peeled
16 T. unsalted butter, room temperature
1 c. granulated sugar
4 eggs
2 c. flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1/2 c. milk, room temperature
1 1/2 t. vanilla extract
1/4 t. almond extract
Glaze:
2 c. powdered sugar
2-4 T. milk
Preheat your oven to 350°. Lightly grease a 9" x
5" loaf pan.
Start with making the streusel. In a large bowl, combine the
softened butter and sugar using a mixer. Mix until fully incorporated. Add the
flour, cinnamon, nutmeg & salt. Mix on low speed to combine.
The mixture will be crumbly. Use your hands to incorporate flour
completely. Place the streusel into the freezer to chill.
Dice the peaches into small pieces and dry off gently with a
dry paper towel. You should have about 1 1/2- 2 cups of diced peaches. Set
aside.
For the cake, in a large bowl, beat the softened butter
using a mixer until very light and airy. Add the sugar and mix until it's
completely incorporated and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time into the butter
mixture, stirring thoroughly until the mixture is light and fluffy.
In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour,
baking powder, and salt. Scoop out 1 tablespoon of the dry ingredients and set
aside.
In another small bowl or glass measuring cup, whisk together
the milk and extract. Add about 1/3 of the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture;
stir until just combined. Then add 1/3 of the milk, stir, and repeat
alternating the dry ingredients and milk, stirring well in between each,
starting and ending with the flour.
Sprinkle the 1 tablespoon of reserved flour mixture on top
of the peaches and coat. Fold the peaches into batter.
Gently scoop the cake batter into the prepared pan; smooth
the top with a spatula. Remove the streusel from the freezer and sprinkle
evenly on top, leaving large and small clumps.
Bake for 60 to 65 minutes, until the cake springs back when
lightly pressed in the center and a long toothpick or cake tester inserted into
the center comes out clean. If the cake is browning too quickly, cover it with
aluminum foil for the final 15 minutes of baking. Remove the cake from the oven
and loosen its edges after 5 minutes. After that, carefully turn it out of the
pan onto a rack to cool.
Once the cake is fully cooled, make the glaze by mixing
together the glaze ingredients until smooth, and drizzle over the top of the
cake using a fork. Allow the glaze to set before slicing.