My first favorite is rhubarb. My second is blueberry buckle. And third place goes to (drumroll) Peach - recipe is here. In truth, peaches are my favorite fruit of all time, but, sadly, a little something is lost between the fresh peach picked from the tree and frozen peaches that I must use at this time of the year. Also, though the peaches are dandy in this coffeecake, don't get me wrong, nothing, nothing can compare with a peach off the tree.
We are very lucky to be living in a part of the country where fresh peaches grow well. We have two trees in our backyard, and last summer, I was on-the-ball enough to put bird netting over the trees before the squirrels stole all my peaches. One variety is white and clingstone, and the other is orange and freestone. Both are equally delicious.
Peaches give you lots of vitamins, like A, and some fiber, and not much in calories. And this coffeecake combines the good of peaches with the good of whole grains and it is tasty, crumbly, cinnamony, moist. There's nothing not to like. It's just not fresh peaches, so of course I'm disappointed.
My boys, though, any morning that they get out of bed and find out that coffee cake is cooling on the counter, are NOT disappointed. They very much enjoyed this two days in a row, especially when accompanied by some bacon or fried smoked sausages. Add some milk, maybe some juice, or even coffee, and your morning is set for success.
Another thing about the peach coffee cake is that I had the final slice on the third day of its existence, and it was still just as moist as on the first day. I think that, more than anything, is what the peaches do for the coffee cake.
What I especially like about this recipe is that it makes two cakes. So we eat one, and I double wrap the other and freeze it so that I have a super easy breakfast sometime in the near future.
Full disclosure: I began making this at 5:45, and the boys ate it at 7:15. This is not a quick meal - probably better for the weekend. But sometimes weekends around here are even more hectic, so I decided to do this on one of those early-rising mornings. Don't regret it at all.
We are very lucky to be living in a part of the country where fresh peaches grow well. We have two trees in our backyard, and last summer, I was on-the-ball enough to put bird netting over the trees before the squirrels stole all my peaches. One variety is white and clingstone, and the other is orange and freestone. Both are equally delicious.
Peaches give you lots of vitamins, like A, and some fiber, and not much in calories. And this coffeecake combines the good of peaches with the good of whole grains and it is tasty, crumbly, cinnamony, moist. There's nothing not to like. It's just not fresh peaches, so of course I'm disappointed.
My boys, though, any morning that they get out of bed and find out that coffee cake is cooling on the counter, are NOT disappointed. They very much enjoyed this two days in a row, especially when accompanied by some bacon or fried smoked sausages. Add some milk, maybe some juice, or even coffee, and your morning is set for success.
Another thing about the peach coffee cake is that I had the final slice on the third day of its existence, and it was still just as moist as on the first day. I think that, more than anything, is what the peaches do for the coffee cake.
What I especially like about this recipe is that it makes two cakes. So we eat one, and I double wrap the other and freeze it so that I have a super easy breakfast sometime in the near future.
Full disclosure: I began making this at 5:45, and the boys ate it at 7:15. This is not a quick meal - probably better for the weekend. But sometimes weekends around here are even more hectic, so I decided to do this on one of those early-rising mornings. Don't regret it at all.
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