Dried-cherry Crumb Cake

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C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Vegetables, Eggs	American	Breads	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	T	All-purpose flour
1 1/2	T	Sugar
1 1/2	T	Brown sugar
1 1/2	t	Margarine
1 1/2	c	All-purpose flour
2/3	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Dried pitted tart cherries
1 1/2	t	Baking powder
1/4	t	Baking soda
1/8	t	Salt
1/8	t	Ground nutmeg
1	c	Nonfat buttermilk
1	t	Grated orange rind
3	T	Vegetable oil
1	t	Vanilla extract
2		Egg whites
		Vegetable cooking spray

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine the first 3 ingredients in a bowl; cut in margarine with a
pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Set streusel
mixture aside.  Combine 1-1/2 cups flour and next 6 ingredients in a
bowl; stir well,  and set flour mixture aside.  Combine the nonfat
buttermilk and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl;  stir well with a
wire whisk. Gradually add flour mixture, stirring  just until dry
ingredients are moistened.  Pour the batter into a 9-inch round cakepan
coated with cooking  spray, and sprinkle streusel mixture over batter.
Bake at 350 degrees  for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in
center comes out  clean. Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 wedge).
Per serving: 166 Calories; 4g Fat (22% calories from fat); 3g  Protein;
29g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 120mg Sodium  Serving Ideas : Serve
warm.  NOTES : Dried, pitted tart cherries are available at
specialty-food  stores and large supermarkets, or they can be
mail-ordered from  American Spoon Foods Inc., 800/222-5886. You can
substitute raisins,  chopped prunes, or dates for the dried cherries.
Recipe by: Cooking Light, Jan/Feb 1995, page 66  Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest V1 #423 by igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 163 Calories From Fat: 37 Total Fat: 4.2g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 127.9mg Potassium: 42.2mg Carbohydrates: 29g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 15.3g Protein: 2.5g