Recipe - Georgia Peach Pecan Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

2 One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
1 cup Sugar; divided
Three fourths cup Margarine
Three fourths cup Light sour cream
3 Eggs; divided
One half teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 pack (8 ounces) light cream
cheese; softened
1 One half cup Peach jam or preserves
1 cup Chopped pecans
1 cup Confectioners’ sugar
Milk
Red and yellow food
coloring; (to make peach
shade)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour bottom and sides of a 9 or 10inch
springform pan. In large bowl, combine flour and Three fourths cup sugar. Using
pastry blender or fork, cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse
crumbs. Reserve one cup crumb mixture. To remaining crumb mixture, add sour
cream, 1 egg, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Spread batter
over bottom and two inches up sides of prepared pan.

In small bowl, combine cream cheese, One fourth cup sugar, and 2 eggs. Blend well.
Pour over batter in pan. Carefully spoon peach jam or preserves evenly over
cheese filling. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over top followed by
chopped pecans. Bake at 350° for 35 to 45 minutes or until cream cheese
filling is set and crust is golden brown. Cool 15 minutes. Remove sides of
pan.

In ziploc bag, combine confectioners’ sugar, two tablespoons milk and
coloring. Seal bag and mix ingredients around in bag with hands. More milk
may be needed to achieve the right peach shade and a thin consistency.

Snip one corner of the ziploc bag and drizzle the glaze over the coffee
cake. Stick a leaf in one corner of the coffee cake for a real peach look.
Serve warm or cool. Refrigerate leftovers.

Source: Egg Recipe Contest Winners leaflet by Georgia Egg Commission

Nutritional analysis per serving: calories 415, protein 6 g, carbohydrates
58 g, fat 19 g (7 g saturated, 12 g unsaturated ed), cholesterol 67 mg,
sodium 167 mg, calcium 67 mg.

Recipe by: Carla Garnto, Byron, GA

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #1029 by "M. Hicks" nitro_ii@email.msn.com
on Jan 22, 1998