Our peach cake recipe is as good as Grandma’s and is perfect for all baking newbies. This delicious peach cake with cocoa doesn’t require much, you probably already have most of the ingredients at home. All you need for the preparation are some peaches, a simple cake batter, and lots of cocoa powder.
Our Fruity Peach Cake with Cocoa: An Easy-to-Make & Easy-to-Bake Recipe
The special highlight of the peach cake is the “beach waves” created by a special layering technique of batter and cocoa, which will look beautiful when serving. Though this cake looks complicated, it couldn’t be any easier to prepare!
Sweet and juicy peaches are not only a symbol of summer but also a bright and juicy delight. Their bright color and seductive scent will get the heart beating, mouth watering, and evoke memories of sunny days and happy hours. When paired with the intense aroma of cocoa, you’ll have a flavor as bold as summer.
After baking, invert the cake and dust with powdered sugar. Simple to make and easy on the eyes, this cake is perfect for spontaneous visits, brunches, and picnics alike! We promise you, our peach cake with cocoa is as fun to make as it is to eat.
And if you’re in the mood for more (who wouldn’t be?), look no further than our eggnog tiramisu, banana caramel cake, and poppy seed cake with cherries.
Peach Cake with Cocoa
Ingredients
For the white batter:
- 4 egg whites
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup milk
- ⅓ cup oil
- 1½ cups flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
For the yellow batter:
- 4 egg yolks
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup milk
- ⅓ cup oil
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Additionally:
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 4 canned peach halves
- powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 340°F
- Cut the peach halves into quarters. Arrange them in a 9-inch bundt pan.
- Separate the eggs and place the yolks and egg whites in separate bowls. Add sugar to the egg whites and beat until stiff and glossy. Gradually add milk, oil, and vanilla extract while continuing to beat. Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix well.
- Add sugar to the egg yolks, then add milk, oil, and vanilla extract. Finally, sift the flour and baking powder into the batter. Mix everything well. You should now have two bowls with two different colored batters.
- Pour about half of the white batter into the cake pan over the peaches.
- Sift cocoa powder generously over the white batter.
- Pour half of the yellow batter into the cake pan and sift cocoa powder generously over the batter.
- Repeat with the remaining batter and cocoa powder. The top layer should be yellow batter. Bake for 50 minutes.