Recipe for the day ~ Georgia Peach Pound Cake

Georgia Peach Pound Cake

(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:

1 cup butter or margarine

2 cups white sugar

4 eggs

1 tspn vanilla extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 tspn baking powder

1/2 tspn salt

2 cups fresh peaches, pitted and chopped

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325

Butter a 10 inch tube pan and coat with white sugar

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy

Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition

Stir in the vanilla

Reserve 1/4 cup flour for later

Sift the remaining flour, baking powder and salt together

Gradually stir into the creamed mixture

Use the reserved flour to coat the chopped peaches

Fold the floured peaches into the batter

Spread evenly into the prepared pan

Bake for about 60 to 70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the cake

Allow cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack

Let cool completely before serving