Rustic Peach Cake

Name: Rustic Peach Cake
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces/50 grams), granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 2 medium, peaches, peeled, pitted, and each cut into 8 wedges; 1 cup (5 ounces/142 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces/50 grams), granulated sugar; 1/4 cup packed (1¾ ounces/50 grams), light brown sugar; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), softened; 2 , large eggs; 2 tablespoons, sour cream; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/3 cup, dried peaches or apricots, chopped fine

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2008

The most popular recipes for peach cake are rustic single-layer yellow cakes studded with chunks of fresh peaches-what should be a dense, rich cake packed with bright peach flavor.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

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