Easy Donut Recipe
Enjoy quick and easy recipes from an old cookbook made about fifty years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House, Mrs.Gerald Ford, the First Lady's Strawberry Blitz Torte recipe from 1975. Also a recipe from the Vice Presidents wife, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.
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Prune Apricot Coffee Cake Recipe
Ingredients required3/4 cup dried apricots
3/4 cup dried prunes
2 cups of sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup of granulated sugar
two eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sugar Cinnamon Mixture
2/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon
6 tablespoons butter or margarine melted
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat fat 350 degrees
Instructions for Prune Apricot Coffee Cake Recipe
Combined brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside. In a large bowl, at medium speed beat shortening with granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed beat in flour, baking powder and salt, (which has been sifted together), (three additions) alternately with milk and vanilla (two editions) beating until just combined. With rubber scraper, gently fold in prunes and apricots. Turn 1/3 of the batter into 9 inch tube pan lightly greased and floured, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the brown sugar mixture, then with 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Repeat layering twice. Sprinkle top with chopped nuts. Bake 55 minutes or until done. Let cool on wire rack about 25 minutes. Remove from pan. Serve warm. Serves 12.
