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German peach cake

Pfirsichschnitten- Peach Streusel Cake Squares

This simple cake is a great recipe for mid-week coffee family snack... and it's nice enough to share with your fellow Kaffeeklatschers.
4.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Cuisine German
Servings 16 -20 pieces

Ingredients
  

Cake Base:

  • 12 Tbl 150 gr Butter
  • 2/3 Cup 150 gr Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract or 1 pkg Vanilla Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 Lemon use the zest for the cake, and the juice for the glaze
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 3/4 cup 250 gr All Purpose Flour
  • 3 Tsp 9 gr Baking Powder
  • 2-4 cup 900 gr sliced Peaches (more is better, but less still works

Streusel:

  • 1 cup 150 gr Flour
  • 1/3 cup 75 gr Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract or 1 pkg Vanilla Zucker
  • 8 Tbl 100 gr Butter

Glaze/Guß:

  • 2 cup 200 gr Powdered Sugar
  • 4 Tbl Lemon juice from the lemon above

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 F
  • Grease a 9 x 13 inch pan
  • Strain the Peaches in a sieve over a bowl. Let them drain until you need them

Cake Base:

  • In a mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugar and lemon zest. Beat until light, approximately 4 or 5 minutes.
  • Add the vanilla extract/sugar and salt
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beat after each addition.
  • Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl
  • Combine the Flour and baking powder, then, with the beater on low, slowly add to the mixing bowl.
  • Beat until combined
  • Spread the batter into the prepared baking pan.

Peaches:

  • Put the drained peaches on the batter. You can line them up neatly, or scatter... (lined up is best)

Streusel:

  • Put the flour and sugar into a clean bowl
  • Add the Vanilla extract/sugar
  • Cut in the butter. The most efficient way is to grate the butter (using a kitchen grater) into the flour. You can also slice the butter and add it.
  • Combine the butter / flour mixture with a fork, a pastry blender, or your fingers. You want to rub the ingredients together so they end up looking like thick sand. Don't over touch... the butter will melt.
  • Sprinkle the Streusel over the peaches. If you like chunky streusel, squeeze it a bit in your fist.
  • Bake 25 minutes

Glaze/Guss:

  • While the cake is baking...
  • Combine the powdered sugar and lemon juice. Stir until smooth.

Finish:

  • When the cake comes out of the oven, let it cool on a cooling rack.
  • After a few minutes (maybe 5) pour the glaze/guß over the cake. Do your best to drizzle it all over. You can help with a spoon.
  • Let cool completely (or almost completely) then slice up into squares/rectangles and eat.

Notes

Cake can be stored air-tight for a few days, or frozen for a few months.