Brandied Peach Cake Recipes

BRANDIED PEACH CAKE

Steps:

• Soak peaches in brandy in a closed container overnight.
• Dissolve soda in buttermilk and add vanilla.
• Sift flour, spices and baking powder together.
• Beat egg yolks, and mix with salt, sugar and oil.
• Add buttermilk mixture and flour mixture alternately to egg yolk mixture.
• Add nuts and brandied peaches, then beat egg whites and fold in gently.
• Pour into a 9- by 13-inch pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes.
• For the sauce, combine all ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Pour over cake while both are hot.

PEACH BRANDY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For Cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Cream butter and sugar together,add eggs 1 at a time.
• Mix flour and salt and add alternately with sour cream.
• Stir in flavorings and brandy.
• Pour into a greased and floured Bundt pan.
• Bake 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until tests done.
• Cool cake in pan for 15 minutes, then remove to cool completely.
• Drizzle Glaze atop cake, if desired.
• For Glaze: Mix powdered sugar and brandy together and drizzle over cake.

BRANDIED PEACH COMPOTE CAKE

Steps:

• For Vanilla Sugar:
• Combine sugar and vanilla bean in processor. Blend 2 minutes. Sift to remove vanilla pieces. (Can be made 2 weeks ahead. Store airtight.)
• For Compote:
• Combine 1/4 cup vanilla sugar, water, brandy, preserves and raspberries, if using in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Add peaches. Bring to boil; reduce heat and cook until peaches are barely tender, about 5 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer peaches to strainer set over bowl. Boil syrup until very thick and reduced to scant 1/3 cup, adding any juices that continue to drain from peaches, about 13 minutes. Strain syrup into small bowl; mix in peaches. Cool. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.)
• For Cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom of 9-inch-diameter springform pan. Combine cake meal and potato starch in small bowl; whisk to blend. Beat egg yolks and 1/2 cup vanilla sugar in large bowl until thick, about 2 minutes. Beat in margarine, then nondairy creamer and brandy. Beat in dry ingredients. Using clean dry beaters, beat whites and salt in another large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/2 cup vanilla sugar and beat until stiff but not dry. Fold whites into yolks mixture in 3 additions. Transfer 1 cup batter to small bowl. Cover; chill. Pour remaining batter into prepared pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack 10 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.
• Spoon reserved 1 cup batter in 1-inch band around edge of cake. Arrange peaches close together in spoke pattern in center, pressing ends into batter at edge. Spoon 2 tablespoons peach juices over fruit. Bake until band at edge is firm, about 35 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack; let stand up to 8 hours.
• Cut around pan sides to loosen cake; release sides. Garnish with fresh raspberries, if desired.

APRICOT BRANDY AND PEACH SCHNAPPS POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Butter and flour one angle food tube cake pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well. Sift flour with soda and salt; add sour cream and brandy ending with flour. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Prepare the syrup in a sauce pan by combining the sugar, peach flavored liqueur, water and lemon zest. Boil for 1 minute.
• Turn cake out onto plate and punch holes in bottom of cake with ice pick or something similar. Slowly pour all of syrup into holes until cake is penetrated and syrup is absorbed. Immediately turn cake right side up onto serving plate.
• Prepare the topping/glaze by combining the apricot preserves, apricot brandy and lemon zest in a sauce pan and boiling for 1 minute. Drizzle over top of cake. Place sliced almonds on top of glaze along with a little lemon zest if desired.
• Serve the cake with sliced fresh peaches and coat with 1/2 cup citrus juice. Add one basket blueberries and mix together. Pour 1/2 cup peach flavored liqueur and 1/2 cup simple syrup over fruit. (simple syrup made from 1/2 cup sugar boiled in 1 cup water for 1 minute and cooled)

PEACHY KEEN POUND CAKE W/PEACH BRANDY GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. DO NOT pre-heat oven. Grease and flour bundt cake pan. NOTE 1: I used a 15 cup bundt pan. NOTE 2: If using canned peached, drain well. Once mashed, drain again. I used a food processor, plusing 4 or 5 times.
• 2. Combine flour, sugar, melted butter, milk, eggs, vanilla and almond extracts in a mixing bowl. Beat at medium for 20 minutes; fold in mashed peaches. NOTE: Yes you read it right, put in all (except peaches) in a mixing bowl and beat 20 minutes.
• 3. Pour into prepared pan. Place in cold oven. Bake at 300 degrees for 70 to 75 minutes or until cake test done.
• 4. Cool on wire rack in pan about 20 minutes. Invert onto plate and glaze.
• 5. GLAZE Combine peach puree, sugar and peach brandy (or peach juice) in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved (about 3 to 5 minutes).
• 6. Remove pan from heat and drizzle syrup on top of warm cake, allowing it to soak into the cake. Repeat process until all syrup has been absorbed into the cake.
• 7. Serve with a scoop of peach ice cream or some sliced peaches or with both. Enjoy!