Easy Italian Peach Crumb Cake

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Easy Italian Fresh Peach Crumb Cake, a delicious peach dessert recipe, snack, dessert or even breakfast. Alone or with ice cream.Perfect!

Prep Time15

Cook Time40

Total Time55

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: servings

Calories: 295kcal

Author: Rosemary Molloy

Ingredients

CRUMB CRUST

2¼-2½ cups all purpose flour
½ cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch salt
½ cup butter (very cold)
1 egg

PEACH FILLING

2½ cups sliced peaches (peeled, sliced then halved peaches (can substitute canned peaches drain well) (650 grams)
1½ tablespoons sugar

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 350°F (180° C). Grease and flour, spray or line an 8" cake pan (20 cm) with parchment paper. Use a spring form pan if you have one.
In a medium bowl mix together the peaches and sugar, set aside.
In a large bowl whisk together the flour (start with 2¼ and add more if necessary), sugar, baking powder and salt, add butter using a pastry blender, or fork combine to form a crumbly mixture, add the egg and continue to mix only until still crumbly.
Add approximately ½-⅔ of the crumbly mixture to the cake pan, gently press down lightly, spoon peach mixture on top and sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.
Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes or until lightly golden on top. Let cool. Serve with vanilla ice cream if desired. Enjoy!

Notes

An easier way to cut in butter, is to first place the butter in the freezer for about 15-20 minutes, then grate it directly into the bowl, stir with a fork and there you have a crumbed mixture.

If you find the crumb mixture on the drier side add a 1-2 tablespoons extra of butter.

Can I use Canned or frozen Peaches?

I have actually made this recipe with both Fresh Peaches and Canned, just be sure to drain the canned peaches first, before you use them. You can also use frozen, you can either thaw them or leave them frozen, if you leave them frozen then you will probably need to bake the cake a bit longer (approx 10 minutes), cover the top of the cake with foil (tent style) to keep it from browning too much.

How to Store the Crumb Cake

The cake should be covered with foil or plastic wrap to keep it from drying out. Properly stored, freshly baked crumb cake will last for about 1 to 2 days at room temperature. If your house is hot or in order to last longer wrap it in plastic and store in an air tight bag or container and store in the fridge. It will last up to a week when properly stored.

Baked Crumb Cake can also be frozen, wrap the cake tightly with plastic wrap, and place in an airtight freezer bag or container. Properly stored, the cake will last up to 3 months.

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