Are you a regular victim of the 3 pm craving? A slice of this Peach Walnut Coffee Cake, with your favorite cup of coffee or tea, will definitely hit the spot. It’s just peachy!
Sitting at my desk I suddenly feel an energy slump almost every workday in the afternoon. Chances are if I look at the clock it is probably just about 3pm. I need a little boost of sugar, a little energy kick in the hiney, to finish off the day. This Peach Walnut Coffee Cake is a healthier alternative to just plain cake, because of the protein boost from the walnuts and a heavy fruit dose in every slice.
Have you ever asked yourself what the heck is a coffee cake? I know I get the giggles every time I hear the term as I rarely get a cake with coffee in it. A coffee cake is best described as a single layer cake or sweet bread, flavored with cinnamon (check) or fruit (check), often topped with nuts (check), usually served with coffee.
This recipe is a take on Angie’s Walnut Pear Spelt Cake with a few modifications. Besides the peach overload, it seem like what sets this particular recipe apart from the other coffee cakes is the added ground walnuts to the batter. Every bite is filled with a lovely nutty flavor and the cake’s texture is slightly denser.
A Peachy Keen Cake
I shared with you recently a recipe for a Boozy Peaches and Cream Trifle. Well I am back with peaches again! I just cannot help myself, they are truly one of my favorite fruits. Thankfully peaches can be found in cans as the peaches I see at the grocer in the wintertime are not worth a dime.
Did you know that most cans of peaches in North America are filled with California cling peaches? They are canned fresh, shortly after harvest, on family farms which adhere to the highest agricultural and safety standards. Packed in their own juices and no added preservatives, canned California cling peaches are high in antioxidants, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and brimming with folate.
Don’t limit your consumption of this cake only to coffee time. Change your breakfast routine with a couple of slices of this cake plus a glass of milk (of your choice). And it also makes a great dessert at dinner time. Disclosure: this post was sponsored by California cling peaches.
Gâteau aux noix et pêches
Ingredients
- 2- conserves de 28 oz de pêches en tranches dans leur sirop
- 125 g beurre mou
- 100 g sucre
- 3 oeufs
- 200 g farine
- 75 g noix de Grenobles moulu
- 1 tsp poudre à pâte
- 1/2 tsp sel
- 1/2 tsp gingembre en poudre
- 1/2 tsp canelle en poudre
- 60 ml lait
Instructions
- Égoutter 12 tranches de pêches et les sècher avec un essui-out. Couper en petits cubes.
- Préparer un moule à pain rectangulaire et préchauffer le four à 180C/350F. Battre le beurre et le sucre jusqu'à consistance crêmeuse avec un malexeur. Battre au mélange 1 oeuf à la fois et bien incorporer.
- Mélanger la farine, les noix de Grenobles, la poudre à pâte, le sel et les épices ensemble. Mélanger la moitié de la farine avec les ingrédients mouillés. Ajouter tout le lait, bien mélanger, et ensuite y mélanger le restant de la farine. Bien incorporer. Replier délicatement les pêches dans la pâte.
- Verser la pâte dans le moule. Égoutter et sècher au tant de tranches de pêches que nécessaire pour décorer le dessus du gâteau avec le motif désiré. Parsemer avec des noix de Grenobles si désiré.
- Cuire au four pendant 60-70 minutes. Refroidir le moule pendant 15 minutes, démouler et laisser le gâteau refroidir au complet sur une grille avant de servor. Trancher pour le service.
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Haha… I have often wondered about coffee cake, and the lack of coffee in a coffee cake. Not sure I want to eat cake with my morning coffee either. So many questions. 🙂 Look at all the peach in the cake, I wanna eat it, I wanna eat it now. Yum.
So glad I revealed the mystery lol. Well more like a muffin taste wise that cake cake, totally doable for breakfast 🙂
What an interesting combination Peach Walnut & Coffee, sounds delicious
It is delicious, but just peach and walnut, I explain the meaning of what a coffe cake really is in the post 😉
I’m ready for a peach overload! Love coffee cakes and this one definitely looks like one I would want for breakfast, afternoon tea and midnight snack.
Thanks MJ, and I believe at some point I had a slice at all those times ha ha.
I was wondering where the heck you got decent peaches in February! Now it all makes sense. This is one fabulous coffee cake. Peaches are my favorite fruit, too!
Doesn’t all good things come from CA? well canned peaches at least ha ha. Hope you give this coffee cake a try!
This is one hell of a dessert, Evelyne! Thanks a bunch for the amazing recipe, can’t wait to try it out!
My pleasure Agness! Tried Zombies, Run yesterday, was fun so thanks!
Oh que ça a l’air bon. Me donne envie de le faire. D’où tiens-tu ce goût de beurre d’arachide à 3h00 du matin? Moi, c’est à 0H45.
Je pense que c’est une mauvaise influence de ma mère 😉 je crois qu’elle aime les arachides mais je ne suis pas certaines!
What a lovely coffee cake. Yes, I would like one slice delivered at 3 P.M. on Monday if you’re taking requests. 🙂
lol of course I will be there at 3 pm for a delivery, listen for the doorbell 😉
If that is half as good in the mouth as it is on the eyes, you have a winner there! That looks HEAVENLY!!
It’s 100 as good as it looks 😉 Thanks and have a great weekend!
Peach AND coffee and walnut cake in one?! Sounds amazing!
It is delicious, but just peach and walnut, I explain the meaning of what a coffe cake really is in the post 😉
Oh, boy, you’re speaking my language! I love peaches and they are a fabulous addition to this coffee cake!
Oh yes I remember you are also a big peach fan! Would be fun with try with various nuts too!
Ooh I’m loving the amount of peach in every slice! I prefer lots of fruit in these sorts of cake-it keeps them moist 😀
Definitely a ton of fruit in here, could probably have cooked the cake a bit longer lol.
We buy fresh peaches only during the warm weather months, and mainly in July and August when local ones are available. Rarely use canned, but you’re right that they’re terrific in baked goods. And speaking of baked goods, wow! This is the perfect coffee cake. We can discuss how coffee cake got its name (good question!) while I have my second piece. 🙂
I have a third slice ready, want it lol? I don’t always think of canned either but they are just as nutricious and winter brings desperate measures when you need a taste of summer.
First time I’ve heard the term coffee cake I thought it is a cake with coffee in it!!! turns out I am wrong and it is just a cake to accompany coffee hehehe. I love peaches too, another thing we share in common Eve, besides travelling, tea, and a lot of other things. My problem is not in the 3PM, it is the 3AM craving.. do you have a fix for that. Love your recipe dear.. pinned
Ya’ld think it was with coffe right lol? So we need to go on a trip together in Southenr China where the tea is! My 3m craving go to in peannut butter! Thank you so much!
I would like to bake this in my newwwww kitchen, just so I can have the delicious smells wafting through my new place, he he! 😉
I can’t wait to see what you will make first for the blog in your new kitchen! Any ideas?
NO IDEA yet! No clue!!! 😮 😮
Perhaps some Gigi approved cinnamon buns hi hi
BEST IDEA EVER!
Yes, yes…but how about 2 slices??? It looks absolutely delicious!
YES 2 slices! That has been my breakfast the last mornings 😀 Thanks for the inspiration!
I usually crave something savoury in the afternoons but if there was cake in the house I would definitely have a slice.
I will have cake any time if it is in the house lol!
Oooh this looks right up my alley!! 🙂 I’m ALWAYS down for coffee cake, with coffee or not! 🙂
Thanks Hliary, maybe not this cake but something soon for a picture trip with the gals 😉 !