Peach Cream Cheese Cake made in a springform pan - the light and fluffy cake (made with Greek yogurt), creamy cheesecake filling, delicious peaches, and a crunchy streusel topping!
I love baking with Greek yogurt and avoiding using as much butter as I can get away with. There isn't too much butter in this peach cream cheese cake, yet the texture does not suffer, in fact the Greek yogurt makes the cake lighter and fluffier! You'll love this pretty cake.
Storage tip: keep this cake refrigerated as it has a cream cheese filling.
How to make peach cream cheese cake
Here are some photos highlighting the assembly steps of this recipe. Once you prepared the cake batter, the streusel topping, and the cheesecake filling, transfer the cake batter to the springform baking pan. Then, spread cream cheese mixture evenly on top. Top with fresh sliced peaches, going in circles like this:
That's what the cake with sliced peaches should looks like:
Next, sprinkle the streusel mixture over the peaches:
Bake the cake for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on your oven. After cake has cooled for about 40 minutes, release the cake from the springform pan, and top your cake with the remaining sliced peaches around the center of the cake.
Scrape and put the streusel on top of these slices, for decorating purposes:
Peach Cream Cheese Cake with Streusel Topping
Ingredients
Streusel topping:
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup flour
- 3 tablespoons butter cold and cubed
Cream cheese filling:
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
Cake:
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 oz butter softened (½ stick of butter)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 peaches , sliced into wedges
- ½ peach for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Line the bottom of a 9x3-inch springform pan with parchment paper. Grease the sides of the pan with butter or cooking spray.
To make streusel topping:
- Combine the sugar, flour, and butter (chilled and cubed) in a medium bowl. Mix with hands, or fork, or a pastry blender until crumbly. Set in the refrigerator until ready to use.
To make cream cheese filling:
- In a medium bowl, using electrical mixer, beat softened cream cheese and granulated sugar until smooth, for about 30 seconds. Add vanilla extract and an egg, and beat for about a minute more until combined and very smooth. Set aside.
Make cake:
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, together into a medium bowl.
- In a separate bowl, beat butter, sugar, and 2 eggs until very light in color and fluffy, 2-3 minutes on high speed. Add vanilla and Greek yogurt and continue beating until very creamy and light in color, for about 1 more minute.
- Keeping the mixer speed low, mix in the flour mix until combined. Do not overmix.
- Transfer the cake batter to the springform pan. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly on top. Top with sliced peaches. Sprinkle the streusel mixture over the fruit.
- Bake until the cake turns golden, and the tester comes out clean in the center, about 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on your oven.
- When the cake is done baking, let it cool (still in the baking pan) on a wire rack. After cake has cooled for about 40 minutes, release the cake from the springform pan.
- Slice the remaining one half of the peach into very fine slices, and top your cake with those slices, scraping and putting streusel on top of these slices, for decorating purposes.
Nutrition
The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Can you use canned or jarred peaches? Thank you
Yes, that should work! Just drain them really well for best results.
I used fewer peaches just around the outside edge. That way I can have a non fruit bite and my hubby can have his with his favorite fruit. It’s a win win
Glad you liked the recipe! 🙂 Thank you for the comment!
Do you think I could use blueberries instead?
Would this cake freeze well?
Yes, this will freeze well!
Thanks, and thank you for making the recipe, printable, I hate it when I spend the time to check the recipe out, the can't download the recipe. Looks great even for a single guy of 61 years like me to make.
I hope you made this cake and liked it!
I put 4 peaches and it was fantastic.
Instead of cream chesee I put non fat quark cheese.
Glad you liked it! Good to know that non-fat quark cheese worked in this recipe!
Lovely recipe. I would reduce the streusel topping by half. It's nice to see the peaches when serving.
Thank you! Yes, I love seeing the fruit in my desserts, too! And, I also love streusel. 🙂
This was pretty good. More like a coffee cake than a regular cake with the texture and density of the cake. I think I'd like more peaches too