Peach Delight Cake | Swanky Recipes (2024)

Nothing says summer like an easy potluck dessert cake made in a casserole dish. Its one-way cake is served in the Midwest. If you’re considering making a quick summer dessert for a delicious summer dessert, graduation party, or cookout, this creamy Peach Delight Cake will surprise you and your guests taste buds. They will be begging you for this delightful cake recipe!

Peach Cake Ingredients

My grandma has been making Peach Delight for nearly 20 years. It’s typically served as a last-minute dessert for a family party. But, it’s also served at graduations, birthday parties, summer holidays, and potluck parties. Our family enjoys it because it’s light, refreshing, and not too sweet for a summer dessert on a hot day.

I am not entirely sure where the recipe comes from (beyond grandma) but I have seen variations of this recipe over the years.

Cake Mix – I use store-bought yellow cake mix found in the baking aisle at the grocery store. My grandma has been making this light peach cake for nearly 2 decades so this is my quick go-to cake, too. Sometimes, I make a double layer cake mix crust with butter and you can find those instructions in the recipe notes.

Butter – What makes this cake rich-tasting is the butter. Typically, I use unsalted butter but feel free to use whatever you have on hand; even margarine. The butter should be cold. Cut it into cubes, much like making a pie. Then, use a pastry cutter, fork, or food processor to blend the dry ingredients fully into the butter until no more dry crumbs remain.

Peaches – Start by draining the liquid from the peaches. Then, lay them out on a baking sheet and blot the peaches dry with a kitchen towel. This will help to remove the liquid so that the cookie crust doesn’t get soggy.

Sour Cream – Sour cream cuts the sweetness of the cake crust while adding a layer of creamy coolness. Two egg yolks will help to hold the sweetened sour cream in place while adding richness to the topping.

Cinnamon – Generously sprinkle the Peach Delight topping with ground cinnamon. This warm spice adds flavor to the topping.

Cake Mix Desserts

Cake mix desserts are great for a variety of reasons. Using a store-bought cake mix is inexpensive. I can pick up a box for about $1.00 and that’s a great deal. I can then use the cake mix to make the following.

Cake – I’ll adapt a cake mix like this Peach Delight Cake and turn it into a cookie crust. All it needs is butter to get a shortbread consistency. Since it’s already sweetened, it doesn’t need more sugar. Try my Peach Cobbler Dump Cake, Strawberry Poke Cake, and Blueberry Lemon Poke Cake.

Cookies – Cake mix cookies are easy to make and inexpensive. The cookies can be jazzed up in a variety of ways such as with these Strawberry Lemonade Cookies, Butter Pecan Cookies, Lemon Sugar Cookies, Gooey Butter Cookies, Cake Batter Sugar Cookies, and these Strawberry Cookies.

Making Peach Delight Cake is my favorite way to jazz up boxed cake mix. I use this yellow cake mix with butter to make a shortbread sugar cookie crust that’s used as the base of this cake. Next, canned peaches instantly fill the center of this cake while a creamy sweetened sour cream icing is spread on top.

Looking for more summer desserts? Try this fan-favoriteStrawberry Shortcake,Strawberry Cookies, Zucchini Muffins, Berry Chantilly Layer Cake,Peach Cobbler Dump Cake, or these Cherry Pie Bars.