Any Flavor Buttermilk Coffee Cake
I really enjoy a “down to earth” recipe. By that I mean a recipe that taste great, looks inviting and uses simple ingredients. For me, there’s nothing better than finding a new recipe that uses ingredients that I already have in the pantry. When I’m looking through a cookbook and find a recipe that looks good, I begin reading over it, if I realize there’s that ONE ingredient that I don’t have, never heard of or can only get by ordering from them, I don’t usually make it.
The other morning I was again de-cluttering my Southern Living magazines I ran across this little gem. The title (Any Flavor Buttermilk Coffee Cake) caught my eye because I knew it must be “one of those” recipes I would love. What’s better than a recipe that literally uses whatever you have? At our house, this particular morning, it so happened that we had a small amount of strawberry jam in the frig, some very ripe bananas and I always have pecans in the freezer. With Thanksgiving coming I am trying to use up, clean out and make space for Thanksgiving leftovers so this was perfect!
Here’s the Recipe:
(recipe card below)
- 2 cups self-rising flour (or 2 cups all purpose + 3 tsp baking powder+1/4 tsp salt)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk (or 1 cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 Tbs shortening – melted
- 1/4 cup fruit jam or preserves
- 1 cup diced fruit
- 1/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
- 1 tsp sugar
Topping:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Spray a 9″ round cake pan with cooking spray
Stir together flour and soda (and salt and baking powder if using)
In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk, sugar and shortening
Combine wet and dry ingredients
Pour batter into prepared pan
Spoon jam onto batter by the teaspoon
Swirl gently in to batter (this works best if your jam is at room temperature)
Top with sliced or diced fruit and nuts
Bake at 350 fro about 35-45 minutes
Whisk together powdered sugar, milk and vanilla
Drizzle over slightly cooled cake
Serve Warm!
What fruit and jam will you try?
- 2 cups self-rising flour (or 2 cups all purpose + 3 tsp baking powder+1/4 tsp salt)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk (or 1 cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 Tbs shortening - melted
- 1/4 cup fruit jam or preserves
- 1 cup diced fruit
- 1/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp milk
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Spray a 9" round cake pan with cooking spray
- Stir together flour and soda (and salt and baking powder if using)
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk, sugar and shortening
- Combine wet and dry ingredients
- Pour batter into prepared pan
- Spoon jam onto batter by the teaspoon
- Swirl gently in to batter
- Top with sliced or diced fruit and nuts
- Bake at 350 fro about 35-45 minutes
- Whisk together powdered sugar, milk and vanilla
- Drizzle over slightly cooled cake
- Serve Warm!
- Any jam, fruit or nuts will work
- Jam works best if your jam is at room temperature