Here, fresh sweet peach and bright basil flavors come together in a simple, delicious—and visually stunning—summer dessert. Go ahead and make extra Basil Whipped Topping; it’s also great served with other fruit desserts.

Fresh Peach Cake with Basil Whipped Topping

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By Stonyfield

• Desserts
• American
• Greek

Here, fresh sweet peach and bright basil flavors come together in a simple, delicious—and visually stunning—summer dessert. Go ahead and make extra Basil Whipped Topping; it’s also great served with other fruit desserts.

Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins

Level: Easy

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Prep: 20 mins.

Cook: 20 mins

Yields: 8 Slices

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Ingredients

Cake

• 3 ripe peaches (pitted and cut into 1/2-inch pieces )
• 1/4 c granulated sugar
• 1/2 c fine yellow cornmeal
• 1/2 c cake flour
• 1 t baking powder
• 4 T unsalted butter (1/2 stick, softened)
• 1/4 c raw almonds (finely ground in a food processor)
• 1 1/4 c confectioners' sugar
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 4 egg yolks
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 c Stonyfield Organic Plain Whole Milk Yogurt



Whipped Topping

• 1/2 c Stonyfield Organic Heavy Whipping Cream
• 1 T sugar
• 1/2 t vanilla extract
• 1/2 c Stonyfield Organic Greek Plain Nonfat Yogurt
• 1/3 c basil (finely chopped)

directions

Cake:

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 2

In a small bowl, stir together the chopped peaches and sugar; set aside.

Step 3

Whisk together the cornmeal, flour and baking powder.

Step 4

Combine the butter and ground almonds in a bowl and beat on high speed until well blended. Add in confectioners sugar and vanilla; beat on high speed 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition. Add in yogurt and beat until combined. Beat in flour mixture on low speed until just combined.

Step 5

Transfer batter to prepared cake pan; smooth top. Drain peach mixture and sprinkle over top of batter. Bake at 350° for about 43 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in the center tests clean. Remove to a wire rack and cool 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan and let cool completely.

Whipped Topping:

Step 1

Whip all ingredients to desired consistency and dollop onto cake slices.