Nectarine Coffee Cake

This recipe was not one of my favorites but my co-workers seemed to really enjoy it!  I thought the middle nectarine layer tasted the best, it was a good combination of sugar and sweet fruit.  I found the cake to be a tad on the dry side but it still had great flavor and worked well with the gooey fruit middle.  The crumble on top also didn't turn out how I would have preferred but you can change that easily and add different flavor components.  I think I would have prefered a crumble topping with brown sugar like this recipe or this recipe to help give it a bit more flavor.  I would make this cake again based on the delicious gooey middle but might modify a few things with the cake and topping to my personal taste.  I got the recipe from my Better Homes and Garden cookbook and posted it below.

Nectarine Coffee Cake

2 Cups sliced and peeled nectarine
1/4 Cup water
4 Tbsp flour (or 2 Tbsp cornstarch)
1 1/2 Cups flour
3/4 Cups sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 Cup butter
1 Beaten egg
1/2 Cup buttermilk or sour milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 Cup flour
1/4 Cup sugar
2 Tbsp butter

1) In medium saucepan combine fruit and water and bring to a boil, once boiled reduce heat and simmer, covered for 5min
2) Once fruit is tender add sugar and flour and stir over medium heat until thick and bubbly, then continue sitrring for another 2 min, then set aside (off heat)
3) Preheat oven to 350F and set aside an ungreased 8*8in baking pan
4) In a medium bowl combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 sugar, baking soda, and powder and mix together
5) Add 1/4 butter and cut into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs, then make a well in center and set aside
6) In seperate bowl combine egg, buttermilk, and vanilla until well mixed and pour into well of flour mixture
7) Stir mixture with wooden spoon until moistened (batter will be lumpy)
8) Pour half of the mixture into the ungreased pan evenly, then pour fruit mixture evenly over batter, drop remaining batter over fruit layer and carefully even
9) In seperate bowl combine 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar, and 2 Tbsp butter and cut until it resembles coarse crumbs then sprinkle over mixture
10) Bake for 40-45min or until golden (I left mine in for 45min because the top wasn't golden but I probably should have taken it out at 40min), cool in pan or serve warm and enjoy!