A lovely woman from Philadelphia emailed me the other day to
tell me she had made the Buttermilk Peach Coffee Cake from The Cake Book and loved it so much that she was determined to make
every recipe in the book. I told her to keep me posted on her
progress—I hope her
family likes cake!
Inspired by
my new friend in the City of Brotherly Love and the bounty of peaches that are
now in season, I decided to make the very same coffee cake the other day, and it was
as wonderful as I remember it to be. The cake has a tender
crumb (thanks to the
buttermilk) and a filling of juicy peaches and crumbly nut streusel. There’s
streusel on top, too, along with a drizzle of sweet white glaze. It’s an easy cake
to make – no need even to peel the peaches, just slice them thinly and layer
them over the batter. I won’t guarantee that you will be inspired enough to
make the rest of the cakes in The Cake Book, but do let me know if you are! I’ll
send you a prize of some sort (maybe).
