Fresh Peach Cake

I'm ready for summer.  This winter has been nothing to complain about.  Especially compared to the last two winters.  However, my want for summer became clear a couple of times this week.

The first time was when this became an exciting view for me...

hmmm....feet are never an exciting view.  It's not the feet so much as the matching socks.  Matching socks are the equivalent of gold in our house.  Many people believe they have a sock troll that lives in their dryer.  I know we have  a sock troll that roams our house by the name of Gus.  He loves socks.  He can smell a sock from a mile away.  He will then do anything he can to conquer said sock.

Our sock troll guarding his fresh catch of the day

I'm ready for warmer weather for the freedom of socks.  Warmer weather means sandals and flip flops.  I won't have to search every laundry basket for two socks that may pass as matching.  In the last month, my attempts have just become pathetic.  I've reached the point where similar colors or patterns will pass.  In my wintery sockless haze I've come to accept one grey sock with stripes to match a black sock with stripes.  The stripes themselves don't even match.

I'm also ready for summer for the bounty of fresh fruit and vegetables.  I've noticed that many of the recipes I'm picking involve fresh fruit.  These recipes are good now, but I know they would be full of so much more flavor in the summer.

Here is one recipe I tried last week.  The cake was delicious.  In the summer when peaches are in season, it will be wonderful.  I'm posting it now, but it will deserve a revisit this summer.  I give it 3.5 cookies with out of season peaches.

Fresh Peach Cake

Ingredients:
1/4 lb- (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp pure vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
3 lg. ripe peaches, peeled, pitted, and sliced
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions:
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