Fresh Peach Cake

Submitted by Mamie37

"Old Amish recipe that makes a nice coffee cake."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup milk
• 4 large fresh peaches, peeled, sliced

directions

1. Sift together flour baking powder and salt.
2. Cut in the shortening.
3. Mix egg and milk together, then stir into flour mixture.
4. Mix well, and pour batter into a greased oblong pan.
5. Cover with peach slices.
6. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
7. Bake in 350 degree oven for 35 minutes.

Reviews

[annlouise]

This should not be called a "cake"! More like peach-covered biscuit. I obviously wasn't thinking when I did this recipe--or I would have added much more sugar. Or looked for another recipe for my peaches. It's going to take a HUGE dollop of sweet whip cream on each piece to make this work for my friends tonight... This recipe needs to be overhauled with sweetener!

 

[Pamela Joyce Ochsner]

I used a whole quart of fresh canned peaches; added 3/4 of a cup of sugar, another half cup of milk, and another egg to the batter. When it was done, I put a topping on it of all the rest of my peace juice thickened with 1/4 cup cornstarch, poked holes all over it, and served it warm with cream. It was delicious! I read the other two reviews, and improvised...

 

[*Parsley*]

I noticed there was no sugar in this batter, so I added 1/4 cup, but this could easily use 1/2-3/4 cup. It really is like a biscuit....but being that it's an Amish recipe, I think it's supposed to be the way it is--heavy, dense and bland.