Apricot Cake

Apricot Cake

Featuring chunky chopped and soft sliced stone fruit, this rich and buttery cake is loaded with fresh flavor. A simple glaze is the perfect finishing touch.

Apricot Cake

Makes 1 (9-inch) cake

Ingredients
  

  • 1½ cups (260 grams) chopped peeled fresh apricot or other stone fruit
  • 2 tablespoons (16 grams) all-purpose flour
  • Butter Cake Batter (recipe follows)
  • 1 cup (175 grams) thinly sliced peeled fresh apricot or other stone fruit
  • Vanilla Glaze (recipe follows)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray a 9-inch springform pan with baking spray with flour. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl, toss together chopped fruit and flour; fold into Butter Cake Batter. Spread into prepared pan. Arrange sliced fruit on top of batter.
  • Bake until golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes, covering with foil during final 15 minutes of baking to prevent excess browning. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.
  • Drizzle Vanilla Glaze onto cooled cake. Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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Butter Cake Batter

Makes 1 (9-inch) cake

Ingredients
  

  • ¾ cup (170 grams) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar*
  • ½ cup (110 grams) firmly packed light brown sugar*
  • 2 large eggs (100 grams), room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons (8 grams) vanilla extract
  • 2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoons (7.5 grams) baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon (2.25 grams) kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon (1.25 grams) baking soda
  • ¾ cup (180 grams) whole buttermilk, room temperature

Instructions

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars at medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl and paddle. With mixer on medium-low speed, add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating until just combined after each addition and stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Use immediately.
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Vanilla Glaze

Makes about ½ cup

Ingredients
  

  • 1¼ cups (150 grams) confectioners’ sugar*
  • 2 tablespoons (30 grams) whole milk
  • ½ teaspoon (3 grams) vanilla bean paste

Instructions

  • In a small bowl, whisk together all ingredients until smooth and well combined. Use immediately.
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