Cherry-Nut Pound Cake
INGREDIENTS:
1 tb Stick Margarine Or Butter;
-Melted
1/4 c Brown Sugar; Packed
1 c Pitted Sweet Cherries
2 c Nectarines; Thinly Sliced
1 ts Lemon Juice
1 c All-Purpose Flour; (Plus 2 T
2 tb Sliced Almonds; Toasted And
-Ground
1 ts Baking Powder
1/2 ts Baking Soda
1/8 ts Salt
2/3 c Granulated Sugar
1/4 c Stick Margarine Or Butter;
-Softened
1 ts Vanilla Extract
1/2 ts Almond Extract
1 lg Egg
2/3 c Low-Fat Buttermilk
1 tb Stick Margarine Or Butter;
-Melted
1/4 c Brown Sugar; Packed
1 c Pitted Sweet Cherries
2 c Nectarines; Thinly Sliced
1 ts Lemon Juice
1 c All-Purpose Flour; (Plus 2 T
2 tb Sliced Almonds; Toasted And
-Ground
1 ts Baking Powder
1/2 ts Baking Soda
1/8 ts Salt
2/3 c Granulated Sugar
1/4 c Stick Margarine Or Butter;
-Softened
1 ts Vanilla Extract
1/2 ts Almond Extract
1 lg Egg
2/3 c Low-Fat Buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan with melted margarine. Sprinkle brown sugar over margarine. Place 1 cherry in center of pan; arrange remaining cherries around edge of pan. Combine nectarines and lemon juice; toss well. Arrange nectarine slices spokelike, working from center cherry to edge of cherries.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, almonds, baking powder, soda, and salt in a bowl. Beat 2/3 c granulated sugar and 1/4 c margarine at medium speed of a mixer until well blended. Add extracts and egg; beat well. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat well after each addition. Slowly pour batter over fruit.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake form sides of pan using a narrow metal spatula. Invert onto a cake plate; cut into wedges. Serve warm.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, almonds, baking powder, soda, and salt in a bowl. Beat 2/3 c granulated sugar and 1/4 c margarine at medium speed of a mixer until well blended. Add extracts and egg; beat well. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat well after each addition. Slowly pour batter over fruit.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake form sides of pan using a narrow metal spatula. Invert onto a cake plate; cut into wedges. Serve warm.