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Wintery Grape Coffee Cake serves hardy red grapes in a moist yellow cake topped with cinnamon pecan crumbs. A bit of sweet, a bit of crunch and a lot of fun to eat!

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Week four of this six week challenge includes this Wintery Grape Coffee Cake recipe.

Wintery Grape Coffee Cake

I’m a fan of coffee cake. Adding fruit just makes it better. Melissa’s Produce has a wide selection of fruit to try in this basic batter.
I received a sample of Melissa’s Winter Crunch Grapes. These red seedless grapes are big, juicy and firm for snacking or cooking. So I thought, why not for baking?

They turned out to be a great choice! Winter Crunch Grapes held up their shape and texture. Learn more about Melissa’s Produce Winter Crunch Grapes here.
You can find the original Grape Snack Cake recipe from Melissa’s here.

Wintery Grape Coffee Cake

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Servings 9 pieces

Ingredients

2 Tbsp butter, softened
2 Tbsp shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup red grapes cut in half (I used Winter Crunch by Melissa's)
topping
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped pecans
2 Tbsp cold butter, cut into small cubes

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 8x8-inch baking pan. Cream together butter, shortening and sugar. Mix in egg and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Alternate adding dry mixture and buttermilk to the creamed mixture. Stir in grapes.
Pour batter into prepared pan. In a separate bowl, mix together brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and pecans. Crumble in butter to form small crumbs, Sprinkle crumbs over top of batter. Bake for approximately 45 to 50 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cool completely before cutting.