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Coffee Cake Bars or Torte

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An easy coffee cake that can be served for breakfast, lunch, tea, or dinner. Keeps and freezes well.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 20 -24

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp. almond extract
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 can pie filling blueberry or cherry

Instructions
 

  • Cream butter and sugar
  • add eggs one at a time, beating well after each
  • Add remaining ingredients except pie filling
  • Save 1 cup batter
  • Spread remainder into greased jelly roll pan
  • Spread pie filling over dough
  • Drop remaining batter by spoonful on top here and there
  • Bake at 350 (30-35 min in 11 x 17 pan) OR 45 minutes (in a 10.5 x 15.5 in. pan).
  • Make a powdered sugar icing and drizzle on cake when cool
  • Cut cake into squares