Apricot Snack Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup cold butter
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups fresh apricots (chopped in medium sized pieces)

Directions

1. 1

   Combine flour and sugar in a mixing bowl. Cut in butter to make crumbs. Set 3/4 cup of crumb mixture aside for topping.

2. 2

   Add milk, baking powder, vanilla, and EGG YOLKS to mixing bowl. Mix well. Beat EGG WHITES till soft peaks form. Fold into batter.

3. 3

   If adding apricots to batter do so now.

4. 4

   Pour batter into lighty sprayed 9 x 13 pan. Evenly sprinkle with apricots (if you didn't add them to the batter). Sprinkle with reserved crumbs. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.