Cake
2 C. sugar
3 C. flour
1 C. oil
3 tsp. baking powder
1/4 C. orange juice
1 large can sliced peaches*
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
Topping**
4 tsp. cinnamon
8 tsp. sugar
Combine all ingredients except those for topping. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan. Combine topping ingredients. Sprinkle on top of batter. Bake for 350F for 1-1/4 hours. Cool, then serve.
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I'm not really sure why this cake is "Jewish Peach Cake", as opposed to plain "Peach Cake".
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*This is kind of vague, I know. It could mean a 14 ounce can, or one of those jumbo cans whose ounceage I do not know. But I would say 28 ounces at least. They look like little tin barrels of peaches. It's a lot. I would say, use the amount of peaches that is most agreeable to you. If you like a lot of peaches, buy the big can. If not, buy the little can. Either way, this recipe would probably benefit from chopping the peach slices into large cubes before adding them into the batter.
**This doesn't seem like a lot of topping to me. All together, it makes about 1/4 C. of topping, so maybe it's enough. But I am a certified topping junkie. If it were me, I would probably make a cinnamon streussel topping and giggle with delight while the dense sugary mixture sank slowly into the depths of the cake.
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I don't know if it's become obvious yet, but coffee cake is a tradition in and of itself in South Jersey. It crosses ethnic and national boundaries, and the reason is this: the purpose of coffee cake is very old-fashioned: you have something to offer your guests when they come over (planned or unannounced), that then you can eat while drinking coffee and retailing hot gossip. Now, regardless of your personal views on the ethical ramifications of gossipping, it is just a fact that the women (and men!!) of New Jersey are like the organic version of the Internet. Information 24 hours a day, any and all, just ask. The people of South Jersey view information exchange as somewhere between not "occupying" the left lane of traffic and "going down the shore" at least once a summer in order of existential importance. Your nephew's cousin Bennie graduated college? (I'll send him a card.) Bennie got pulled over for drunk driving? Duly noted. (Note..to..self... dissuade...niece....from....chasing after....Bennie.) No one ever got disenfranchised due to sheer ignorance in Jersey. Now, niece Monica may still chase after Bennie. (Note...to...self:..invite...Pauline Zornak...over for...coffee cake.) But at least she had been duly warned! (Note..to...self...give Monica bird and bee...lecture...in hopes...she will die....of embarrassment. Do...same...for Bennie.) Because most of the gossip in Jersey is good-natured, intended, like Grimm's Fairy Tales, to educate and improve the listener. All with cinnamon streussel topping! Sign me up.
2 C. sugar
3 C. flour
1 C. oil
3 tsp. baking powder
1/4 C. orange juice
1 large can sliced peaches*
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
Topping**
4 tsp. cinnamon
8 tsp. sugar
Combine all ingredients except those for topping. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan. Combine topping ingredients. Sprinkle on top of batter. Bake for 350F for 1-1/4 hours. Cool, then serve.
______
I'm not really sure why this cake is "Jewish Peach Cake", as opposed to plain "Peach Cake".
______
*This is kind of vague, I know. It could mean a 14 ounce can, or one of those jumbo cans whose ounceage I do not know. But I would say 28 ounces at least. They look like little tin barrels of peaches. It's a lot. I would say, use the amount of peaches that is most agreeable to you. If you like a lot of peaches, buy the big can. If not, buy the little can. Either way, this recipe would probably benefit from chopping the peach slices into large cubes before adding them into the batter.
**This doesn't seem like a lot of topping to me. All together, it makes about 1/4 C. of topping, so maybe it's enough. But I am a certified topping junkie. If it were me, I would probably make a cinnamon streussel topping and giggle with delight while the dense sugary mixture sank slowly into the depths of the cake.
______
I don't know if it's become obvious yet, but coffee cake is a tradition in and of itself in South Jersey. It crosses ethnic and national boundaries, and the reason is this: the purpose of coffee cake is very old-fashioned: you have something to offer your guests when they come over (planned or unannounced), that then you can eat while drinking coffee and retailing hot gossip. Now, regardless of your personal views on the ethical ramifications of gossipping, it is just a fact that the women (and men!!) of New Jersey are like the organic version of the Internet. Information 24 hours a day, any and all, just ask. The people of South Jersey view information exchange as somewhere between not "occupying" the left lane of traffic and "going down the shore" at least once a summer in order of existential importance. Your nephew's cousin Bennie graduated college? (I'll send him a card.) Bennie got pulled over for drunk driving? Duly noted. (Note..to..self... dissuade...niece....from....chasing after....Bennie.) No one ever got disenfranchised due to sheer ignorance in Jersey. Now, niece Monica may still chase after Bennie. (Note...to...self:..invite...Pauline Zornak...over for...coffee cake.) But at least she had been duly warned! (Note..to...self...give Monica bird and bee...lecture...in hopes...she will die....of embarrassment. Do...same...for Bennie.) Because most of the gossip in Jersey is good-natured, intended, like Grimm's Fairy Tales, to educate and improve the listener. All with cinnamon streussel topping! Sign me up.
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