Any Fruit Coffee Cake

Directions

Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).

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

Simmer, covered, about 5 minutes or until fruit is tender. Stir in lemon juice.

Mix the 1¼ 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 9×13 baking pan or two 8×8 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 ½ cup sugar and ½ cup flour; cut in the ¼ cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts.

Sprinkle nut mixture over batter in pan.

Bake 45 to 50 minutes for a 9×13 pan or 40 to 45 minutes for the two 8×8 pans, or until cake tests done.

Cool.