Fresh summer fruit keeps this Nectarine Coffee Cake moist. Try substituting the nectarines for other seasonal fruit like cherries or pears.
The nectarine tree in the front yard is pregnant with fruit. The firm, juicy orbs are days away from their peak ripeness. The bounty came late this year. The heavy clusters already snapping a large branch, an annual occurrence. I should cull them in March, but I feel guilty not giving each one the chance to ripen. A few sun-soaked fruit are ready to burst. This weekend, I plucked two of these soft, round globes of goodness and consumed them sun-warmed and straight from the tree – juice dripping unabashedly down my chin. A handful more made it into this moist nectarine coffee cake.
Nectarine Coffee Cake
Fresh summer nectarines keep this cake moist. Try substituting the nectarines for other seasonal fruit like cherries or pears.
Ingredients
- Cake
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ¼ lbs. nectarines, cut into ½ inch wedges Topping
- 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch nutmeg
- ⅓ cup apricot jam
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9” springform pan. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside. In the bowl of a mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla and beat until combined. Stir in flour (batter with be thick).
- Spread batter in prepared pan. Press nectarine wedges halfway into batter in concentric circles, spacing slightly apart. Combine remaining sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and sprinkle over nectarines. Bake until cake is golden and tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 40-50 minutes. Release pan sides. Cool for 10 minutes.
- Warm apricot jam in microwave 30 seconds. Sieve jam and brush over coffee cake. Serve warm or room temperature.
Adapted from Cinnamon-Sugar Plum Cake
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Nice !!
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Absolutely perfect, I’ve got just the perfect batch of nectarines for this cake 🙂
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Thanks – You’ll love it!
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