How to prevent fresh peaches from sinking to the bottom of a buttermilk pound cak? [duplicate]

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I baked a buttermilk pound cake which was a very thick batter. The recipe said to dice 3-4 fresh peaches and put them on top of the batter just before it went into the oven. I did as directed and all the peaches sunk to the bottom and stuck to the bundt pan. It was delicious but very ungl. Help!



Best Answer

Dust them in flour or powdered sugar.

This trick is most commonly used with blueberry muffins.




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How do you keep fruit from falling to the bottom of a cake?

Simply toss the fruit in a small bowl with a small scoop of flour and add the lightly covered fruit to your cake mix and follow the rest of the recipe as normal. The light flour coating helps the fruit to 'stick' to the cake mixture better, stopping them from sinking.

Why did the fruit in my fruit cake sink to the bottom?

Why does fruit sink to the bottom of the cake? A: Cake mixture too slack, fruit too large and/or syrupy e.g glace cherries (see next question).

How do you keep fruit cakes from sinking in the middle?

Toss the flour gently over all of the dried fruit. It is important to coat as much of the fruit pieces as possible. The flour stops the fruit from clumping together (allowing for better distribution across the cake), and it will also prevent the fruit from getting stuck to the cake batter and sinking downward.

How do you stop raspberries from sinking to the bottom of a cake?

How to stop fruit sinking in muffins and cakes
  • Coat the fruit in flour. Toss the fruit in a little flour before adding it to the batter. ...
  • Split your batter. Fill your cake pan or muffin pan about a quarter to a third full before adding any berries to the cake batter. ...
  • Cut the fruit up smaller. ...
  • Put the fruit on top.




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