Baltimore Peach Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1 1/4 cups warm milk (no hotter than 100 degrees F (38 degrees C))
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 3 tablespoons butter, divided
• 3 1/2 ripe peaches
• butter
• 2 tablespoons Demerara sugar
• 1/3 cup apricot preserves
• hot water