Partridgeberry Coffee Cake

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Difficulty: easy Prep Time: Five Minutes Total Time: 30 Minutes or Less

2 cups butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 fresh local eggs (added separately)
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
1 (250 ml) tub sour cream
1 tsp vanilla or almond flavouring
2 cups fresh or frozen local partridgeberries

Streusel
2/3 cup slivered almonds
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350°F. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with sour cream. Add flavouring. Spread mixture over greased and floured 9 x 13-inch springform pan. Sprinkle with berries. Combine streusel and sprinkle over top of cake. Bake for about 55-60 min. until cake tester comes out dry. Cool and dust with icing sugar or the following:

Drizzle
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 tbsp water
2 tsp almond flavouring

Mix above ingredients until smooth and add more water/icing sugar as needed for a slow pouring. Drizzle lattice-style over cake.
Makes 9-12 servings. Note: Partridgeberries can be substituted with cranberries, blueberries or 1/2 cup chopped fresh rhubarb and 1 cup chopped strawberries.