Nectarine Crumble Cake

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Nectarine Crumble Cake

Summer is the season of stone fruits.  Apricots, nectarines, peaches, cherries.  They are abundant and sweetly ripe.  We were overly greedy and bought too many nectarines.  Well, we're left with cake as a solution, even though I don't much like cakes.  The key to this cake was the buttermilk.  Be sure to use whole milk buttermilk, for it lent a richness of flavor that low fat or regular milk could not add.  I also added the crumble topping because I thought it would add a "crunch" and I used some cornmeal flour to make this cake a bit "cornbread-y."

Cake Resting

The result was a moist cake, full of nectarine flavor.  The cornmeal added a rustic texture that was appreciated by all.  It was not overly sweet, but just right, so that you could eat this for breakfast and still feel as though you were eating fruit rather than cake.

See the nectarine wedges in there?  They really lent a nice flavor to the cake.  Of course, the color and texture of the cake were accented by cornmeal flour.

Recipe
Nectarine Crumble Cake

For the Cake
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup whole cornmeal
2 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 1/2 cups turbinado sugar plus more for sprinkling
3 nectarines sliced about half an inch thick
2 nectarines chopped
1/4 cups oil
1 1/2 cups whole buttermilk
2 eggs
3 tsps vanilla
2 TBSPS good fruity wine

For the Topping
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup walnuts
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Make the topping by combining all ingredients in a bowl.
To make the cake
Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, cinnamon, sea salt, and sugar.  Mix well.
Combine vanilla, eggs, and buttermilk.  Whisk well.
Mix the flour mixture and the wet mixture.
Slather the chopped nectarines with wine and sugar.  Fold the nectarines in with the batter.
Pour batter into a 9 inch cake pan.  Lay the sliced nectarines on top of the batter.  Bake for about 1 h 18 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Enjoy!