Author Notes
A couple of weeks ago I went to a cooking class at Il Fornaio restaurant in the Tech Center. It was a lot of fun and the food was tasty, as usual. The chef prepared a dessert using fresh peaches. It was decadent and delicious. Given the fact it's peach season here and I haven't made anything with peaches recently, I was inspired to make something a bit decadent as well. With the help of my 14-year-old, this cake and sauce were the result. It was still slightly warm when I served it... yummy! Hope you enjoy it too. —bwitsell
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Ingredients
- The Cake
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1 cup
butter, softened
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2 cups
sugar
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6
eggs
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1 teaspoon
vanilla
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1/4 -1/2 tablespoons
almond extract
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1/2 cup
Ricotta cheese
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1/2 cup
sour cream
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3 cups
flour
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon
salt
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2 1/2 cups
peaches, peeled & diced
- The Sauce
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1/2 cup
Mascarpone cheese, room temperature
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1/2 - 3/4 cups
sugar
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1/4 cup
powdered sugar
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1 teaspoon
vanilla
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2-3
peaches, peeled & sliced
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1/2- 3/4 cups
Innocent Bystander Pink Moscato
Directions
- The Cake
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Preheat oven to 350. Grease a Bundt pan sprinkled with sugar and set aside. In large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Using mixer, add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg. In small bowl, blend flour, soda and salt, mixing well. In small batches, beat flour into butter/egg mixture, alternating with Ricotta cheese and sour cream. Mix until well blended. Gently fold in diced peaches, mixing well. Carefully pour into prepared pan. Bake in oven approximately 60 minutes, or until done.
- The Sauce
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Place first four ingredients in medium-sized bowl. Using mixer, blend until light and smooth. Set aside. Place peaches in separate bowl and pour Moscato over the top, mixing well. Let sit at least 30 minutes, longer if you have time. When ready to serve cake, add peaches to the Marscarpone mixture. Stir well. Serve on top of sliced cake.
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