Old Fashioned Peach Coffee Cake with Pecan Streusel Topping
This is old fashioned peach coffee cake recipe that is so simple. It’s a delicious fresh peach coffee cake with pecan streusel topping that is a must try.
Preheat oven to 350° F. Start the pecan streusel topping by stirring together chopped pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
Add the flour and sugar to the ingredients
Remove the cold butter from the refrigerator and cut into small cubes and add to the pecan streusel topping ingredients.
Use a pastry blender to combine the butter and other ingredients until a sandy texture is achieved.
Set the bowl with the pecan streusel topping aside while you prepare the cake batter.
Instructions for the fresh peach coffee cake:
Add flour, sugar and baking powder to another medium bowl and combine.
In a different bowl, add egg, cream, vanilla and melted butter.
Beat the egg and cream mixture with an electric mixer until frothy, about 1 minute.
Fold the flour mixture into the cream mixture using a spatula until well blended. But do not over mix.
Grease and flour a 9 inch springform pan. Pour the peach streusel cake batter into the prepared pan and smooth evenly on the surface.
Wash your fresh peaches and slice into 8 wedges. Arrange the peach slices evenly over the batter, pressing them into the batter just a bit.
Cover the top of the fresh peach cake with the pecan streusel topping. Spread evenly and press down lightly.
Bake in your preheated oven for 1 hour until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for another hour.
Remove the sides of pan and slice into 8 slices to serve.
Top with additional fresh peach slices before serving if desired.