A easy vanilla sheet cake layered with summer time’s sweetest peaches, swirls of raspberry jam, and essentially the most scrumptious brown butter maple frosting. The cake is mushy, flippantly sweetened with brown sugar, and full of candy peaches in each chunk. Completed with contemporary raspberries and peach slices, it’s every little thing you need in a summer time cake. Simply peachy!

I’ve been so excited to share this cake all summer time. A few of you may bear in mind the layered peach cake I shared again in 2018. I’ve had that recipe tucked away at the back of my thoughts ever since, at all times wanting to show it into a simple sheet cake whereas conserving all those self same flavors.

Simply because a recipe is less complicated doesn’t imply it ought to have any much less taste.

I waited for these good summer time peaches—those with agency pink and pink pores and skin, vibrant orange flesh, and pits stained the deepest shade of pink. The peaches you wait all yr for. As we head into August, they’re lastly at their greatest, and this yr they’ve been particularly candy.

I may eat peach after peach till my abdomen hurts. However as an alternative, I baked a whole field of them into this cake.

The bottom is a mushy vanilla cake flippantly sweetened with each granulated and brown sugar. I take advantage of coconut oil in nearly all of my truffles as a result of I like how extremely moist it retains them. Then there are juicy peaches layered all through with little swirls of raspberry jam tucked into each chunk.

And since nothing pairs higher with peaches than brown butter, that’s precisely what we’re utilizing for the frosting. It’s wealthy, nutty, flippantly sweetened with maple syrup, and the proper end to each slice. It’s the form of frosting you’ll wish to sneak a spoonful of earlier than it ever makes it onto the cake.

These are the small print

Substances

Peach Filling

• peaches
• granulated sugar
• floor cinnamon
• raspberry jam
• contemporary raspberries

Cake

• coconut oil
• bitter cream
• massive eggs
• granulated sugar
• brown sugar
• vanilla extract
• complete milk
• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• baking soda
• sea salt

Brown Butter Maple Frosting

• salted butter
• cream cheese
• powdered sugar
• maple syrup
• vanilla extract

The Steps

Step 1: Prep the Peaches

Toss the peaches with the sugar, cinnamon, and some spoonfuls of raspberry jam. Allow them to sit when you combine the batter. The peaches will develop into further juicy, which is precisely what you need.

Tip

Don’t peel the peaches! The pores and skin provides lovely coloration, further taste, plus a lot of the fruit’s pure fiber and vitamins. In case your peaches are particularly ripe, don’t depart behind any of these juices both. They bake proper into the cake, making each chunk much more moist and flavorful.

Step 2: Make the Batter

Whisk collectively the coconut oil, bitter cream, eggs, each sugars, vanilla, and milk till clean. Add the dry substances and blend simply till mixed.

Tip

Don’t overmix the batter. A couple of small lumps are completely fantastic and will provide you with the softest, most tender cake.

Step 3: Layer the Cake

Unfold half of the batter into the ready pan. Spoon over half the peaches and their juices, then high with the remaining batter and end with the remainder of the peaches. Gently unfold the batter as wanted—it doesn’t need to be good.

Tip

Don’t fear about completely even layers. Some peaches will peek via, and the batter could not unfold fully clean. All the things bakes collectively superbly.

Step 4: Bake

Bake till the cake is golden and the middle is simply set. Let the cake cool fully earlier than frosting.

Tip

Be affected person right here. A totally cooled cake is far simpler to frost and retains every little thing wanting lovely. Plus, the brown butter wants time to chill, so that is the proper time to make the frosting.

Step 5: Make the Brown Butter Frosting

Brown the butter till it smells wealthy and nutty, then let it cool again to room temperature. Beat it along with the cream cheese, powdered sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla till gentle, fluffy, and clean.

Tip

Don’t depart behind the browned bits within the pan. That’s the place all of the unimaginable brown butter taste lives.

Step 6: Frost and End

Unfold the frosting over the cooled cake. Dollop the remaining raspberry jam excessive and gently swirl it with a knife. End with contemporary peach slices and the tiniest raspberries you’ll find earlier than slicing.

Frozen raspberries additionally work rather well if contemporary aren’t obtainable.

Make It Your Personal

Swap the raspberry jam for peach preserves or apricot jam. Nectarines are simply as scrumptious if that’s what you discover on the market. For those who’re craving a bit of crunch, sprinkle chopped cinnamon pecans over the frosting earlier than serving.

For Entertaining

Sheet truffles like this at all times remind me of my Nonnie. She liked inserting one proper in the course of the desk so everybody may assist themselves, and I nonetheless do the identical, particularly for Sunday dinner. Serve every slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of softly whipped cream. She at all times did that for my grandpa, and it’s these little touches that made her cooking and baking really feel so particular.

And don’t fear if each slice appears a bit of totally different. That’s a part of this cake’s allure. Embrace the superbly imperfect fantastic thing about this cake.

To Retailer

Cowl any leftovers and preserve them within the fridge. I really suppose this cake is even higher the following day, as soon as the peaches have settled into the cake and the brown butter frosting has had time to sit back.

This publish was initially revealed on July 24, 2026