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                       Apricot Bundt Coffee Cake

Recipe By     : Marjorie Johnson
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Breads

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                       STREUSEL:
  2      tablespoons   dark brown sugar
  2      tablespoons   light brown sugar
  1      tablespoon    flour
  1      tablespoon    butter
    1/2  teaspoon      cinnamon
    1/4  teaspoon      nutmeg
                       Coffee Cake:
  3      cups          flour
  1 1/2  teaspoons     baking powder
  1      teaspoon      baking soda
    1/2  teaspoon      salt
  1 1/2  cups          sugar
    3/4  cup           butter
  1      teaspoon      vanilla
    1/2  teaspoon      almond extract
  4                    eggs
  1 1/4  cups          sour cream
  1      cup           dried apricot halves -- finely chopped
                       GLAZE
  1      cup           powdered sugar
  1      tablespoon    milk
    1/4  teaspoon      almond extract

Preheat oven to 350°F.  grease a 10-inch Bundt pan and set aside.
Streusel: mix all ingredients in small bowl util crumbly; set aside.
Cream sugar, butter, vanilla and almond extracts at low speed 1 minute.
Increase speed to medium-high and beat 4 minutes.  Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each addition.
By hand, add flour mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and
ending with flour mixture and stirring after each addition only enough to
moisten dry ingredients.  Stir in apricots.
Spoon half of batter into pan.  Sprinkle Steusel over batter.  Top with
remaining batter, smoothing with spatula.
Bake 1 hour or until loaf is richly browned, begins to pull from sides of
pan, and is springy to touch.
Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes.  Loosen coffee cake around edge with
thin metal spatula.  Turn out on wire rack and cool.
Glaze:  Beat all ingredients until smooth in small bowl.  Drizzle over
cooled cake.  Garnish with chopped apricots, if desired.

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