Strawberry Rhubarb Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups rhubarb, chopped
• 24 ounces strawberries, sliced
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 cup soft butter

Recipe

• 1 to make the filling -- combine fruits in saucepan and cook, covered, over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally --
• 2 add lemon juice, sugar and cornstarch.
• 3 cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until thickened.
• 4 cool.
• 5 to prepare the cake:.
• 6 combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in large bowl.cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• 7 beat together buttermilk, eggs and vanilla; add to the flour mixture.
• 8 spread one half of the batter in greased 13x9 pan --
• 9 spread fruit over batter.
• 10 spoon remaining batter in small mounds on top of filling.
• 11 mix topping ingredients until crumbly.
• 12 sprinkle over all.
• 13 bake at 375* for 45 minutes.
• 14 serve slightly warm.