Any Fruit Coffee Cake

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Makes 2 8X8 pans and this recipe

is fun to work with. Mix up the fruits.

 

Any Fruit Coffee Cake

 

4 cups fresh fruit chopped

1 cup water

2 tablespoon lemon juice

1 1/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup cornstarch

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon mace

1 cup butter

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a saucepan, combine choice of fruit and the water.

Simmer, covered,

about 5 minutes or until fruit is tender. Stir in

lemon juice.

Mix the 1 1/4 cups sugar and cornstarch; stir into

fruit mixture. Cook

and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cool.

In a mixing bowl, stir together the 3 cups flour, 1

cup sugar, baking

powder, salt, cinnamon, and mace.

Cut in the 1 cup butter until mixture resembles fine

crumbs.

Combine eggs, milk, and vanilla. Add to flour mixture,

mixing until

blended.

Spread half of the batter into a greased 9x13 baking

pan or two 8x8 baking

pans. Spread the cooled fruit mixture over the batter.

Spoon the

remaining batter in small mounds over the fruit

mixture, spreading out as

much as possible.

Combine the 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup flour; cut in

the 1/4 cup butter

until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts.

Sprinkle nut mixture over batter in pan. Bake 45 to 50

minutes for a 9x13 pan

or 40 to 45 minutes for the two 8x8 pans, or until

cake tests done. Cool.