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Sour Cream Peach Cake – Made with Fresh Peaches!

by Jolina 26 Comments [This site contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See Terms of Use for more information.]

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Sour cream peach cake – take this season’s best fresh peaches and bake the easiest, most delicious cake perfect with your morning coffee or for afternoon snacking.

(Love peaches but not in the mood to bake? Try these grilled peaches. They’re topped with creamy mascarpone and drizzled with bourbon salted caramel. Yum! If you’re looking for  a lighter, fresher option, nothing beats this peach caprese salad paired with balsamic reduction.)

Sour Cream Peach Cake - Made with Fresh Peaches!

Hello everyone! After a short break I am back with a new recipe. In time for summer too. And for me, nothing is more summery than an abundance of fresh peaches.

Every year, as soon as they’re at their sweetest (and cheapest!), we scramble to eat as many peaches as we can before they disappear (we are summer fruit gluttons, I tell you).

It’s also one of my favourite fruits to bake and work with in the kitchen. I love making fresh peach ice cream (has bourbon and no ice cream machine needed!) and, if I’m feeling extra fancy, I whip up a lovely fresh peach clafoutis.

This peach coffee cake is anything but fancy, though. And that’s what’s so great about it.

It’s also inspired by Ina Garten’s fresh peach cake and seriously, you can’t go wrong with a Barefoot Contessa recipe!

Hope you enjoy this delicious, everyday fresh peach cake that’s easy to make and way easier to eat. Top it with homemade no-churn ice cream and enjoy your summer day!

How to make sour cream peach cake

Sour Cream Peach Cake - Made with Fresh Peaches!

(For the detailed recipe with specific measurements, scroll to the bottom of the page for a printable recipe card.)

To make this easy sour cream peach cake, you start by creaming butter and sugar together until light and delightfully fluffy.

Then you add your wet ingredients and beat until smooth.

Gradually add your flour mixture and stir just until combined.

Fold your peaches, transfer the batter into your prepared pan and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Best served warm or room temperature, preferably with ice cream!

Now isn’t that the easiest thing ever?

Ingredients you need to make peach sour cream cake

Sour Cream Peach Cake - Made with Fresh Peaches!

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The ingredients for this peach sour cream cake couldn’t be simpler either. All you need are:

  • Butter
  • Sugar
  • Eggs
  • Sour cream
  • Vanilla extract
  • All purpose flour
  • Baking soda and baking powder
  • Salt
  • Ground cinnamon
  • And fresh peaches

Tools you need to make peach coffee cake

You also don’t need special tools. A stand mixer would be nice but you can use a handheld electric mixer as well.

Then all you’ll need are:

  • A 9×9 inch baking pan
  • Parchment paper
  • Flour sifter or fine mesh sieves
  • Spatula
  • Some mixing bowls

Sour cream peach cake FAQs

Sour Cream Peach Cake - Made with Fresh Peaches!

Want to make this super easy peach cake even easier to bake? Here are some answers to your frequently asked questions.

What’s the easiest way to peel a peach?

Seems like we’ve tried all kinds of ways to peel a peach: blanch and peel with our hands; pare with a knife; even peel like a carrot.

While we’ve found that it really depends on how ripe your peaches are (and how many you need to deal with), we like the blanch and peel method the best.

Try each method out and see what works best for you.

Can I used canned peaches?

Sometimes, we want peaches in the middle of winter. Or we don’t really want to deal with this whole peeling business. Enter: canned peaches.

You can use canned peaches in this recipe. Just remember that canned peaches are swimming in syrup so you want to drain it properly.

It is unavoidable that your cake will take on some of that syrup though so expect that distinct flavour.

What can I substitute for sour cream?

I like baking with sour cream because it makes cakes light, moist and soft.

However, if you need to do a non-dairy option or if you want to cut down on calories a little bit, you can substitute with yogurt, buttermilk or even cottage cheese.

Just note that I’ve always made this cake with full fat sour cream so I can’t say exactly how swapping out the sour cream will affect the taste or the texture, but here’s a great reference on sour cream substitutions that I hope will guide you.

Delicious summer desserts made with the best summer fruits

If you’re like me and can’t get enough of summer fruits, you will love these summer desserts. They are bursting with summer flavours!

These creamy lime bars are perfect for picnics and BBQs. They are perfectly sweet and tart and so refreshing on a hot summer day!

Creamy Lime Bars

Got lotsa cherries? Make a batch of this sweet cherry vanilla milkshake. So good!

Sweet Cherry Vanilla Milkshake

If strawberry is your thing, you will love this fresh no-bake strawberry cheesecake mousse. Cold, refreshing, minimal effort required. The perfect summer dessert.

Fresh Strawberry Cheesecake Mousse

If you’re looking for a delicious, everyday summer cake – look no further! This easy cherry cake recipe is easy to make and even easier to eat!

Easy Cherry Cake Recipe from Scratch

Sour Cream Peach Cake - Made with Fresh Peaches!

Sour Cream Peach Cake

Author: Jolina
Sour cream peach cake - take this season’s best fresh peaches and bake the easiest, most delicious cake perfect with your morning coffee or for afternoon snacking.
5 from 11 votes
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 1 hr 15 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine North American
Servings 16 servings
Calories 192 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

For the Peach Cake

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 pcs large eggs room temperature
  • 10 oz sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3-4 pcs ripe peaches peeled, pitted and diced into 1-inch pieces

For the Cake Topping

  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9x9 inch baking pan with parchment paper with slight overhang on each side. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, sift 2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt. Set aside.
  • Using a handheld electric mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on med/high speed, cream 1/2 cup butter and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
  • Switch the speed to low and add the eggs one at a time until combined. Proceed to add the sour cream and vanilla extract and beat until smooth and incorporated.
  • Gradually add your flour mixture into your batter and stir just until combined.
  • Fold in the diced peaches and transfer the batter into your prepared pan. Smoothen the top with a spatula.
  • In a small bowl, stir 1/4 cup granulated sugar with 1 tsp cinnamon and sprinkle this mixture on top of your cake until completely covered. You don't need to use up all the cinnamon sugar mixture.
  • Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  • Best served warm.

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Nutrition

Calories: 192kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 167mgPotassium: 73mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 290IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 0.8mg

Nutritional information are estimates only.

Keyword Easy, No-Fail Recipe, Summer
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Comments

  1. Roni says

    August 29, 2020 at 4:36 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you for a sublime recipe, Jolina! I picked up way too many BC peaches and HAD to make a cake today with the excess. When I saw the sour cream listed in the ingredients, I was sold. Let me say, this was the fluffiest cake batter I’ve ever made. The cake itself is to-die-for, flawless, and impossible to stop eating. I’m elated to have doubled the recipe because sharing is HARD!!

    Reply
    • Jolina says

      August 31, 2020 at 1:19 pm

      Hi Roni, glad you like it! We always buy so many peaches in the summer too and this is one of my favourite recipes to make with them 🙂

      Reply
  2. Monica says

    August 16, 2020 at 3:29 pm

    5 stars
    I’m making the sour cream peach cake now!
    It was simple to prepare.
    I came to Pinterest for a peach clafoutis recipe, but didn’t have heavy cream.
    I was happy to find this simple recipe with sour cream.
    Can’t wait to taste it!

    Reply
    • Jolina says

      August 18, 2020 at 12:50 pm

      Hi Monica, hope you liked it!

      Reply
  3. Arlene Mobley says

    June 5, 2019 at 12:23 pm

    5 stars
    Sourcream cakes are the best. They are so moist and tender. I’m always looking for fresh peach recipes. This looks like a keeper!

    Reply
  4. Denise says

    June 5, 2019 at 9:38 am

    5 stars
    This looks so incredibly good! I can’t wait for peaches to be in season, this will be on my list to make!

    Reply
  5. Marisa F. Stewart says

    June 5, 2019 at 8:55 am

    5 stars
    This dessert is perfect for featuring the delicious peaches when they’re in season. I bet the sour cream really makes the cake moist. And that dollop if ice cream is all you need for the ideal summer treat. I’m saving this recipe.

    Reply
    • Jolina says

      June 10, 2019 at 4:26 pm

      I agree! Ice cream makes everything better 🙂

      Reply
  6. Lois Christensen says

    June 5, 2019 at 7:17 am

    5 stars
    I love that you can use canned peaches as well for this cake!

    Reply
    • Jolina says

      June 10, 2019 at 4:26 pm

      That’s right! Which makes it a year-round cake 🙂

      Reply
  7. Veena Azmanov says

    June 4, 2019 at 8:42 am

    5 stars
    Have kept this on my list for the season and will surely make one. This looks delicious.

    Reply
  8. Courtney says

    June 3, 2019 at 2:37 pm

    Omg can we say yum?!?! I just love all things peach!!! One of my favorite fruits. Must give your recipe a try!!

    Reply
  9. Gloria says

    June 3, 2019 at 12:24 pm

    5 stars
    This is the perfect cake for dessert or as a brunch item. I love peaches (when I was a kid my aunt had a huge orchard in Grimsby)….spent many summers during harvest. Sour cream makes it so moist too.

    Reply
    • Jolina says

      June 10, 2019 at 4:27 pm

      Peaches are great! We can’t get enough of them. I’d like to experience peach picking actually, it must have been awesome doing the harvest

      Reply
  10. Jasmine Watts says

    June 3, 2019 at 3:55 am

    Looks delicious! I’ll definitely try this on a weekend. Just perfect timing for the upcoming family gathering.

    Reply
  11. Elizabeth O says

    June 2, 2019 at 9:05 am

    5 stars
    This looks divine. I love peaches so this spoke to my sweet tooth in a big way.

    Reply
  12. Flossie McCowald says

    June 1, 2019 at 4:37 pm

    I love how baking with sour cream gives you such yummy-moist results! This reminds me that our rhubarb is in, and I have a similar recipe using rhubarb that I should make, until we have local peaches in season…

    Reply
    • Jolina says

      June 10, 2019 at 4:28 pm

      Sour cream is great for baking. And that rhubarb cake sounds delicious. We’re getting lots of rhubarb around here as well 🙂

      Reply
  13. Megan says

    May 30, 2019 at 11:30 pm

    Oh wow! This looks so delicious! The ice cream on top of the moist cake just tops it all off! I need to try this.

    Reply
  14. Valerie says

    May 30, 2019 at 10:43 pm

    5 stars
    This is mouthwatering! I like that we can use canned peaches too.

    Reply
  15. Neely Moldovan says

    May 30, 2019 at 8:33 pm

    I love peaches! Such the perfect summer dessert fruit! This sounds heavenly!

    Reply
  16. Stephanie says

    May 30, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    This looks like something my husband and boys would love. I’ll admit, I am not big on peaches, but they all love them! I’ve made a cake with sour cream before and was happy with how light it made the cake.

    Reply
    • Jolina says

      June 10, 2019 at 4:30 pm

      Sour cream is one of my favourite ingredients to bake with 🙂

      Reply
  17. Chad says

    May 30, 2019 at 3:11 pm

    5 stars
    This looks seriously delicious! Can’t wait to try to make it.

    Reply
  18. Tiffany says

    May 30, 2019 at 9:57 am

    This looks absolutely delicious! Since the weather is starting to turn good again, we will be doing a lot of grilling. I will mark this recipe to try during our next grilling get together.

    Reply
    • Jolina says

      June 10, 2019 at 4:31 pm

      Grilled peaches are awesome too 🙂

      Reply

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