Fresh Peach Bread

This peach bread is wonderful, very colorful, aromatic and delicious. Its texture is perfect and all the ingredients are at hand. With 3 peaches you'll be able to make a fantastic summer dessert that the whole family will appreciate.

These quantities are for my loaf pan, which is a bit bigger (35cm long). If yours is shorter, adjust the quantities accordingly.

Ingredients
Peaches
3 pieces
choose firmer and not very juicy peaches; or 5 apricots or other fruits you like
White flour
400 g
Baking powder
10 g
Salt
0.25 tsp
1/4 teaspoon
Egg
4 pieces
Sugar
220 g
Vanilla Extract
1 tsp
plus grated lemon zest, if you like
Vegetable oil
150 ml
any oil with low smell or melted butter
Milk
250 ml
Step by step
Step 1

In a deep plate, combine 400 g of flour with 10 g of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.

Fresh Peach Bread - Step 1
Step 2

Wash the peaches, remove the pits and cut into medium-sized cubes.

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Step 3

In a larger bowl, combine 4 eggs, 220 g of sugar, vanilla essence and grated lemon zest.

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Step 4

Beat very well with the mixer until it turns into a whitish foam.

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Step 5

Pour the 150 ml of oil or melted butter, a little at a time. Whisk constantly until it's completely incorporated into the mixture.

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Step 6

Add 250 ml of milk, stir with a whisk. At this stage, if you use the mixer, it's very likely that the batter will splash because it's more liquid now.

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Step 7

Add to this batter the flour mixture we prepared in the first steps.

Stir everything with a whisk until smooth and lump free.

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Step 8

Add the 3 diced peaches, toss.

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Step 9

Pour the entire mixture into a loaf pan lined with baking paper. Mine is 35 cm long, 11 cm wide and 7 cm high.

If you have a smaller pan, adjust the quantities of the ingredients accordingly.

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Step 10

Bake the cake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 50 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.

After baking, leave in the pan for another half hour to cool down a little.

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Step 11

Then take out of the pan and let cool completely.

It's delicious, either hot or cold. We ate it with the whole family.

Enjoy!

Fresh Peach Bread - Step 11
Quantity: 16 serv (a 35cm loaf)
Prep time:
90 min
Difficulty: easy
Ready in: 30 min