Any-fruit Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups fruit
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground mace
• 1/2 cup margarine or 1/2 cup butter
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons margarine or 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 for the first ingredient: you may use raspberries or 2 cups chopped, peeled apples, apricots, peaches, pineapple, or blueberries.
• 2 in a medium saucepan combine fruit and 1/2 cup water.
• 3 simmer, covered, for 5 minutes or till fruit juice is tender. stir in lemon juice.
• 4 mix the 1/2 cup sugar and cornstarch; stir into fruit mixture.cook and stir till thickened. cool.
• 5 mixing bowl: stir together 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, mace, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. cut in 1/2 cup margarine or butter till mixture resembles fine crumbs. combine egg, milk and vanilla. add to flour mixture, mixing till blended. spread half of the batter in a greased 9x9x2 inch baking pan.
• 6 spread the cooked fruit over batter. spread remaining batter over fruit. combine the 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup flour, cut in the 2 tablespoons margarine till mixture resembles course crumbs. stir in nuts. sprinkle nut mixture over batter in pan.
• 7 bake in a 350°f oven for 40 to 45 minutes or till done.
• 8 cool.