Go Back

Brown Sugar Peach Cake

Print Recipe
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Peach Jam

  • 4 c peaches peeled and diced
  • 1/4 c dark brown sugar packed
  • 2 T lemon juice
  • 1 T cornstarch

Brown Sugar Cake

  • 1 1/2 c dark brown sugar packed
  • 3/4 c unsalted butter soft
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 T avocado oil
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 c whole milk
  • 2 1/2 c unbleached flour
  • 2 1/2 t baking powder
  • 1 t pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 t salt

Peach Mascarpone Frosting

  • 1 (8 oz) tub mascarpone cheese soft
  • 1/2 c salted butter soft
  • 1/3 c homemade peach jam
  • 4 c powdered sugar

Instructions
 

Peach Jam

  • Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan over medium high heat, simmer until soft. Mash and cook until thick. Chill.

Brown Sugar Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350. Grease three round cake pans and line bottoms with parchment.
  • Cream together sugar and butter. Beat in egg, one at a time. Stir in oil and vanilla.
  • In another bowl, wisk together dry ingredients. Add alternately with milk, to creamed mixture.
  • Pour batter between prepared pans. Bake 16-18 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Peach Mascarpone Frosting

  • Cream together cheese and butter. Beat in jam. Beat in sugar, 1/2 c at a time.
  • Generously spread jam between each layer of cake. Frost. Garnish with fresh peach slices.