This raspberry peach loaf cake is moist, buttery, and bursting with contemporary summer season fruit, brushed with lemon syrup and completed with a tangy lemon glaze. A simple fast bread with simply Quarter-hour of prep!

Raspberry Peach Bread with Lemon Glaze

Yearly as we’re within the midst of peach season, I get impressed to share a contemporary peach recipe with my readers – it is virtually a practice on my weblog! My fan-favorite Blueberry Peach Greek Yogurt Cake from again in 2014 nonetheless will get rave evaluations, and extra just lately, my Peach and Blueberry Crisp and Summer time Peach Salad have grow to be absolute hits for summer season entertaining and straightforward weeknight meals.

This raspberry peach loaf cake could be my favourite approach but to make use of up that scrumptious yellow fruit! Serve it for brunch, slice it for a day snack with espresso, or gown it up with contemporary raspberries and mint for a summer season feast. If you happen to’re as obsessive about the raspberry-peach combo as I’m, be certain that to additionally strive my Raspberry Peach Cake, my showstopping Raspberry Peach Cheesecake, and my Peach Bundt Cake with Maple-Cream Glaze.

Why You may Love This Raspberry Peach Loaf

• Simply Quarter-hour of prep. The remainder is idle baking time. If you happen to can cream butter and sugar, you can also make this loaf.
• Filled with contemporary summer season fruit. Two entire peaches and a full 1½ cups of raspberries go into one loaf, so each slice is studded with fruit.
• Triple lemon taste. Lemon zest within the batter, a heat lemon syrup brushed over the baked loaf, and a tangy lemon glaze on prime. The citrus retains all that candy fruit tasting brilliant, not heavy.
• Stays moist for days. Greek yogurt within the batter plus the lemon syrup soak means this loaf is even higher on day two – which makes it good for making forward.
• Versatile all summer season lengthy. Swap in blackberries, blueberries, or nectarines relying on what appears finest on the market. This recipe is forgiving, I promise.

Seize These Elements

• Contemporary peaches: You may want 2 massive, ripe (however nonetheless agency) yellow peaches. Overly mushy peaches flip mushy and launch an excessive amount of juice into the batter. No must peel them. The skins soften utterly because the loaf bakes.
• Contemporary raspberries: Search for berries which can be plump and dry. We’ll toss them in flour earlier than folding them in. This could maintain the berries suspended all through the loaf fairly than pooling on the backside.
• All-purpose flour: Ensure that to aerate the flour by spooning it into your measuring cup and leveling it fairly than scooping. You may as well merely sift your flour. That approach, you do not unintentionally overpack an excessive amount of flour, and the loaf stays gentle.
• Baking powder: 2 teaspoons give this loaf its elevate. Ensure that it is contemporary. It is the distinction between a tall, tender loaf and a dense one.
• Sugar: I used common granulated white sugar. 
• Unsalted butter, softened: It is important for that wealthy, buttery crumb. 
• Lemon zest: A full tablespoon, creamed proper into the butter and sugar so the citrus oils fragrance all the loaf.
• Vanilla extract: Use the true stuff when you can.
• Eggs, room temperature: Eggs must be at room temperature to mix easily into the batter as an alternative of curdling the batter. Set them out half-hour forward, or place them in a bowl of heat water for five minutes.
• Milk, room temperature: Complete milk offers the richest consequence, however 2% works too.
• Greek yogurt: My secret to a moist, tender crumb. The acidity additionally reacts with the baking powder for further elevate. Bitter cream works as a 1:1 substitute.
• Lemon juice + water + sugar syrup: This fast 3-minute syrup will get brushed over the nice and cozy baked loaf and soaks in, including moisture and one other layer of lemon taste.
• Powdered sugar + lemon juice: You want simply these two substances, whisked collectively, to make a tremendous, easy lemon glaze. It units into that fairly drizzle on prime of raspberry peach loaf.
• For garnish (non-obligatory however attractive): contemporary raspberries and mint leaves.

Let Me Present You The right way to Make It

Here is the step-by-step overview. You may discover the printable recipe with measurements within the recipe card beneath.

• Prep the pan and fruit. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 9×5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper on the underside and sides. Wash and drain the fruit; chop the peaches into cubes (no must peel).

• Make the batter. Whisk the flour and baking powder collectively, reserving 1 tablespoon of flour for the raspberries. Cream the butter and sugar with a handheld mixer, add the lemon zest and vanilla, then beat within the eggs one by one. Combine within the milk and Greek yogurt, then stir within the flour combination simply till clean.

• Flour the raspberries. Toss the raspberries with the reserved tablespoon of flour till coated. This retains them from sinking throughout baking.

• Fold within the fruit. Gently stir the chopped peaches and floured raspberries into the batter till simply mixed. Overmixing crushes the berries.

• Bake. Switch the batter to the ready pan and use a chopstick or skewer to distribute the fruit evenly. Bake for 55-60 minutes at 350°F.
• Brush with lemon syrup. Whereas the loaf bakes, simmer water, lemon juice, and sugar for 3 minutes till decreased and syrupy. Brush over the loaf as quickly because it comes out of the oven, whereas nonetheless heat.

• Cool. Cool within the pan for half-hour, then switch to a wire rack to chill utterly.
• Make lemon glaze. Stir collectively the powdered sugar and lemon juice, drizzle over the loaf, let it set, and garnish with contemporary raspberries and mint.

Variations

• Swap the fruit: Blackberries or blueberries work superbly rather than raspberries. Nectarines or apricots can stand in for peaches.
• Frozen fruit: Frozen raspberries work effectively right here. You possibly can add them straight from the freezer (no thawing) and toss with the reserved flour as directed. They really maintain their form higher than contemporary.
• Add a crunch: Fold in ½ cup of chopped toasted almonds or pecans, or sprinkle coarse sugar excessive earlier than baking.
• Make it dairy-free: Use plant-based butter, your favourite non-dairy milk, and a dairy-free yogurt different. The loaf will nonetheless be tender and scrumptious.
• Skip the glaze: If you happen to desire a much less candy fruit loaf cake, you may skip the lemon syrup or lemon glaze or each. Simply mud with powdered sugar earlier than serving.

My Greatest Ideas for Success

• Use ripe however agency peaches. Tender, overripe peaches flip to mush and water down the batter. In case your peaches give barely to mild stress however nonetheless maintain their form when cubed, they’re good.
• Room temperature eggs and milk: I at all times let these sit out earlier than baking as a result of chilly substances could make the creamed butter seize up, and you will lose that gentle, tender crumb.
• Coat the raspberries in flour: I do know I already stated it, but it surely’s price repeating that the reserved tablespoon of flour is what retains the berries suspended all through the loaf as an alternative of pooling on the backside.
• The toothpick take a look at: Fruit-heavy fast breads can look carried out earlier than they’re. If you insert a toothpick into the middle, it ought to come out clear or with a couple of moist crumbs (not moist batter). If the highest is browning too quick, tent it loosely with foil for the final 10-Quarter-hour.
• Brush the syrup whereas the loaf is heat: A heat loaf drinks up the lemon syrup; a cooled one simply lets it sit on prime. This step is what retains the loaf moist for days.
• Let the glaze set earlier than slicing: Give the lemon glaze 15-20 minutes to agency up. You may get these stunning clear slices with the glaze drizzling down the edges.

Troubleshooting

1. My fruit sank to the underside. Both the raspberries weren’t coated in flour, or the batter was too skinny (typically from overripe, watery peaches or moist, undrained fruit). Ensure that the fruit is dry earlier than it goes in.
2. The middle is gummy or underbaked. Fruit loaves want the total bake time. When checking with a toothpick, it ought to come out with moist crumbs, not moist batter. If unsure, give it 5 extra minutes with a foil tent on prime.
3. My lemon glaze disappeared into the loaf. Meaning the loaf was nonetheless heat. Cool it utterly (I do know, the ready is the toughest half!), and the glaze will set into that fairly white drizzle.

Extra Summer time Fruit Desserts

If you happen to’re baking your approach via peach and berry season like I’m, this is what to make subsequent:

• Raspberry Peach Cake (the spherical, springform-pan cousin of this loaf)
• Blueberry Lemon Bread with Lemon Glaze
• Peach and Blueberry Crisp
• Peach Galette with Basil-Mint Easy Syrup
• Previous-Normal Peach Pie with a Flaky Double Crust
• Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
• Peach Bundt Cake with Pecans & Maple-Cream Glaze
• Strawberry Peach Cake – one other simple Greek yogurt fruit cake
• Blueberry Tiramisu (no-bake and ideal for decent days!)
• Browse all 15 Peach Desserts So Good, You may Lick the Pan