Easy strawberry peach cobbler

This delicious strawberry peach cobbler is the perfect recipe for summer. With the abundance of fresh strawberries and juicy fresh peaches I love making this. Delicious on it’s own but even better with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! The perfect summer dessert.

Strawberry peach cobbler

If you’re not familiar with a cobbler, it is somewhat similar to a crumble, like this apple crumble or rhubarb crumble, but instead of the crunchy crumbles that you’re used to it features a relatively soft batter that is poured over the fruit. I would almost say it is the best of both worlds.

When you take the strawberry peach cobbler out of the oven the top layer is still beautiful golden brown and crispy and the bottom layer is soft and creamy.

I can’t tell you enough how much I love it. Of course it’s perfect for strawberry season and peach season but you could even make it with frozen fruits.

And the fun part is that you can easily turn this into another cobbler using almost all kinds of fresh fruit. Turn it into a cherry cobbler when it’s cherry season for instance. Or use other fresh berries.

What goes into the strawberry cobbler

Make sure you have all the ingredients at room temperature before you start making the cobbler. Check the recipe card for full details. I’ve used a pretty basic topping but you could add a bit of cinnamon for next time or other spices.

• strawberries – use lovely fragrant ripe strawberries. If you’re using frozen strawberries, make sure to defrost and drain any excess fluids.
• peaches – you need about 5 peaces which you turn into peach slices
• custard powder – the custard powder helps soak up the natural juices that will come out of the fruit and make it soft and creamy
• butter – you can use vegan butter if you like
• sugar – you can use caster sugar or brown sugar
• egg 
• vanilla extract
• self rising flour – or if you only have all purpose flour check how to substitute here.

Making the cobbler

Now this is a pretty easy recipe so making it takes no time at all. You start by preparing the fruit mixture. Add all the sliced fruit into a large bowl and mix it with the custard powder. Shake the bowl gently to make sure the custard powder is divided equally across all the fruit filling. If you want you can add a little bit of lemon zest to give it a fresher touch. I wouldn’t add lemon juice as that would add too much liquid.

Now for making the cobbler batter you take a separate bowl and whisk the sugar with the butter until light and fluffy. It’s easiest to do this in a food processor but you can also use a hand mixer for this. Once the butter mixture is fluffy you add the egg and the vanilla extract.

The last step is to add the self rising flour and mix it until well combined.

Once all is mixed you add the fruit first to a baking dish. You can use a round baking dish or a square baking dish. That really makes no difference to the end result. You could even bake this in an cast iron skillet. Whatever is oven proof will work. Or make individual portions by dividing it over smaller ramekins.

Now pour the flour mixture over the fruit and smooth the top if necessary.

Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 to 35 minutes or until you have a lovely golden brown and crisp topping. You can serve the strawberry peach cobbler warm or cold. It will be delicious either way. Enjoy!