Cream Cheese Peach Cake
These Cream Cheese Peach Cake Square are light, decadent and delicious. A vanilla cake filled with fresh diced peaches and topped with a cream cheese swirl. They make for a great summer brunch or even dessert.
Servings: 16 cake squares
Calories: 216kcal
Ingredients
For the cake layer
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted and at room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 4 fresh peaches diced small
For the cream cheese layer
- 1 cup cream cheese
- 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 f/180 c. Grease and line with parchment paper an 8-inch square baking pan.
- Dice the peaches and set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk to combine and set aside.
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, add the butter and sugar. Mix on high speed between 3 – 5 minutes until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Whisk in the vanilla extract.
- Stir in half of the flour mixture. Add all of the milk and then stir in remaining flour. *Reserve one tablespoon of the flour.
- Add most of the diced peaches to the batter, reserving about 1/2 cup to top the cake. Stir the coated peaches into the batter.
- Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
- In a clean mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese on high for about 30 seconds. Add all the sugar at once and mix until combined, about 1 minute. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Spoon the cream cheese batter over the cake batter and swirl it in with a knife. Sprinkle over remaining 1/2 cup diced peaches
- Bake between 40 - 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs.
- Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes. Lift out on parchment and place back on the wire rack to cool. When cooled, cut into squares and serve.
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Nutrition Facts
Cream Cheese Peach Cake
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 216
Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Fat 12g18%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Trans Fat 0.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 77mg26%
Sodium 242mg11%
Potassium 61mg2%
Carbohydrates 23g8%
Fiber 0.3g1%
Sugar 14g16%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 448IU9%
Calcium 62mg6%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.