Southern Peach Pound Cake and Chasing the Moon

My other passion besides baking, is reading. I L.O.V.E. to read - anything and everything fiction. Christy actually suggested this author to me (Sarah Addison Allen), specifically the The Girl Who Chased the Moon - and I fell head over heels for it. It was so charming, magical and well written that I can easily say it is one of my top 10 favorite books. In it, one of the main characters is a baker and she bakes all of these fancy cakes. At the back of the book there are some recipes of three of the cakes she bakes, so I decided to try one of the recipes (and will try the others soon as well - so look for those posts). This cake was absolutely delicious, was gone within an hour of fininshing and will definitely be a staple dessert in my house for years to come. I am actually making another one this week, but substituting raspberries for the peaches to see what happens.

Southern Peach Pound Cake (as taken from The Girl Who Chased the Moon)

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups fresh peaches (pitted, peeled and chopped)

Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating with each addition, then stir in the vanilla

Reserve 1/4 cup flour for later, and sift together the remaining flour, salt and baking powder. Gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Use the reserved flour to coat the chopped peaches, then fold the floured peaches into the batter.

Spread evenly into a 10-in tube pan (I substituted a bundt cake pan), that has been buttered and coated with white sugar (I made sure to coat with plenty of sugar).

Bake for 60 - 70 minutes in a 325-degree oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

 Allow the cake to cool on the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely (I let the cake cool completely in the bundt pan before trying to remove it). Voila! Southern Peach Pound Cake. (Please excuse my christmas-themed plate. We just moved into our house and I am desparate need of a cake stand or platters).



Disclaimer: This is not my recipe - I take no credit for creating this cake, I simply tried it out and loved it!

Happy Baking!

Kristy