Ribbon of fruit coffee cake

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 tablespoons Raisins
⅔ cup Pineapple Preserves
½ cup Cranberries; chopped
½ teaspoon Orange Peel; shredded
1 tablespoon Orange Juice
2¼ cup All-Purpose Flour
¾ cup Sugar
¾ cup Butter
½ teaspoon Baking Powder
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
¼ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
⅛ teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Buttermilk Or Sour Milk
Orange Drizzle*

Directions

Grease and flour a 10x2-inch round tart pan with a removable bottom; set aside.

For filling: Place raisins in a small bowl. Pour enough boiling water over raisins to cover. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain thoroughly. Stir in preserves, cranberries, orange peel and orange juice. Set filling aside.

Stir together flour and sugar in a large mixing bowl.Using a pastry blender, cut in butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside ½ cup of the flour mixture for crumb topping. Stir baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt into remaining flour mixture. mix well. Make a well in the center. Combine egg and buttermilk or sour milk in a small bowl. Add egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture. stir till just moistened.

Spread two-thirds of the batter into the prepared pan. Carefully spread the filling over the batter. Spoon remaining batter in small mounds over the filling. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.

Bake in a 350* oven for 35 to 40 minutes or till golden brown. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from tart pan and drizzle with Orange Drizzle*. Cut into wedges and *serve warm.

*Orange Drizzle: Stir together ½ cup powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon finely shredded orange peel, and enough orange juice ( 1 to 2 teaspoons ) to make an icing of drizzling consistency.

Recipe by: Simply Perfect Baking Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by "Tom and Tracy McArdle" <mcatt@...> on Oct 24, 1997

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