Your Best Peach: Simple Summer Peach Cake

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds flavor and is a dairy-free option.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber, while cake flour gives a lighter texture.

granulated sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener, while brown sugar adds moisture.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is dairy-free, while water can reduce calories.

Cut the nectarines (or peaches) into chunks without peeling them.

Toss the fruit with sugar and freshly ground nutmeg, then let it sit to macerate.

Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, ensuring to incorporate air into the mixture.

Beat in buttermilk, vanilla extract, and almond extract into the creamed butter and sugar.

Mix together the dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

Fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until combined.

Scrape the batter into a buttered and floured pan.

Top the batter with the macerated nectarines (or peaches).

Sprinkle turbinado sugar over the top for added sweetness and crunch.

Bake in the oven until done, then unmold the cake by inverting it onto a cooling rack.

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