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Astro Original Balkan Style All-Natural Vanilla 650g Family Tub

Coffee Cake

Preparation time:
55 minutes to 1 hour

Yield:
16 servings

¾ cup	Lactantia butter or Lactantia Healthy Attitude margarine, softened	175 mL
½ cup	light brown sugar, packed	125 mL
½ cup	granulated white sugar	125 mL
2	eggs, large	2
2 cups	all purpose flour	500 mL
1 tsp	baking powder	5 mL
1 tsp	baking soda	5 mL
1 tsp	cinnamon, ground	5 mL
2	apples, peeled, cored and chopped	2
1 cup	raisins	250 mL
½ cup	pecans, chopped	125 mL
1 cup	Astro Original Balkan Style Vanilla yogourt	250 mL

GLAZE:
½ cup	light brown sugar, packed	125 mL
½ tsp	cinnamon, ground	2.5 mL
¼ cup	pecans, chopped	60 mL

Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C). Lightly grease two 9
In a large bowl, cream together Lactantia butter and sugars. Add eggs and beat together.
In another bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and 1 tsp cinnamon. Add the apples, raisins and pecans and mix until lightly coated.
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture and blend well. Fold in Astro yogourt until evenly mixed. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
In empty flour bowl mix topping ingredients: brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans. Sprinkle evenly over top of both pans of batter.
Bake for 35-40 minutes until lightly browned and toothpick inserted at center come out clean.
Serve one immediately. This coffee cake keeps well for several days if covered tightly.

Let second cool completely. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap or in a freezer bag and freeze immediately. Will keep for two months. Let sit at room temperature, covered, for a few hours to thaw.

Replace pecans with walnuts, hazelnuts, or cashews.
Replace apples with pears, or replace raisins with dried currants, dried cranberries, or dried cherries.

Omit topping and bake as directed. Spread an easy yogourt icing over cake: mix 1 cup icing sugar and 2 tbsp Astro Original Balkan Style Naturally Flavoured French Vanilla yogurt until smooth, use immediately.