Almond Coffee Cake Food

CREAM CHEESE ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray a 9 x 13 cake pan.
• Cream butter, sugar and cream cheese very well until smooth.
• Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down as needed add vanilla and mix inches.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with milk.
• Stir in cherries.
• Spread into cake pan, smooth top Mix topping ingredients (excluding almonds) together.
• Sprinkle almonds then topping over batter.
• Press lightly.
• Bake until tests done.

ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Mix cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp. extract and egg yolk until blended.
• Unroll crescent dough onto center of baking sheet; press seams and perforations together to seal. Spread cream cheese mixture into 3-inch-wide lengthwise strip down center of dough to within 1/4 inch of short ends.
• Make cuts, 1-1/2 inches apart, down both long sides of dough to within 1/2 inch of cream cheese mixture. Starting at one short end, bring opposite strips of dough together over filling, then twist gently in center to secure. Whisk egg white until foamy; brush onto dough.
• Bake 18 to 22 min. or until lightly browned. Cool 15 min.
• Mix remaining sugar, extract and milk until blended; drizzle over coffee cake. Sprinkle with nuts.

ALMOND BUTTERMILK COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (375 degrees C). Lightly butter an 8-inch baking pan.
• Arrange enough apple wedges to form a single layer over the bottom and sides of the prepared pan.
• Heat a saucepan over medium heat. Add almonds; cook and stir until toasted, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Beat 3 1/2 tablespoons butter, white sugar, and 1/4 cup brown sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Add egg, applesauce, and honey; beat until smooth. Stir buttermilk, almond extract, and vanilla extract into the batter.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl; stir mixture into the batter. Mix until well combined. Fold in 3/4 of the remaining apple wedges. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Top with 2 tablespoons toasted almonds.
• Bake the preheated oven for 35 minutes.
• Heat oats in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until slightly toasted, about 5 minutes.
• Stir 3 tablespoons butter and 1/3 cup brown sugar together in a bowl until combined. Add remaining almond slices, oats, milk, and 1 pinch salt.
• Top the cake with remaining apple slices and oat mixture. Return to the oven and continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool to room temperature, at least 25 minutes.

ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 8-inch square pan with foil, leaving 1 inch of foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan; spray foil with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar and almond paste with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in almond extract and eggs until well blended. On low speed, beat in flour, baking powder and salt just until blended. Spread batter in pan; sprinkle with almonds.
• Bake 45 minutes or until tooth-pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour. Use foil to lift cake out of pan; cut into squares. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Garnish with berries.

ALMOND-CHEESE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in the yeast mixture, milk and egg yolks. Add enough remaining flour until mixture forms a soft dough. Cover and refrigerate overnight., In a small bowl, combine the filling ingredients; set aside. Punch dough down. On a floured surface, roll into a 13x10-in. rectangle. Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet. Spread filling over dough to within 1 in. of edges., Starting with a long side, roll just to the center of the rectangle; repeat with remaining side, meeting in the middle., With scissors, cut from outside edges to two-thirds of the way toward center at 1-1/2 in. intervals. Separate strips slightly; twist to allow filling to show. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool. For glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla; drizzle over coffee cake. Sprinkle with almonds.

ALMOND DREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Combine 1 cup sugar, butter and eggs in large mixer bowl.
• Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy (1 to 2 minutes).
• Reduce speed to low; add all remaining coffee cake ingredients.
• Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until well mixed (2 to 3 minutes).
• (Mixture will be thick.).
• Combine all filling ingredients in small bowl.
• Spoon half of batter into prepared pan; sprinkle with filling.
• Spoon remaining batter into pan over filling.
• Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool completely.
• Invert cooled cake onto serving plate.
• Stir together all glaze ingredients in small bowl; drizzle over cooled coffee cake.
• Garnish with sliced almonds.
• TIP: Coffee cake can be baked a day ahead.
• Cool completely; cover.
• Just before serving, drizzle with glaze; garnish with almonds.

ALMOND-BERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make the topping: Whisk flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and almonds in a medium bowl. Using your fingers, work in butter until mixture forms coarse crumbs ranging in size from small peas to marbles. Sprinkle with almond extract; toss to combine.
• Make the cake: Use cooking spray to coat a 10-inch tube pan with a removable bottom. Place pan on a baking sheet. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl. Fold raspberries into jam in a small bowl.
• Put butter, sugar, and zest into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce speed to medium. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Mix in vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Mix in half the reserved flour mixture, followed by the sour cream. Add remaining flour mixture; beat until just combined.
• Spoon half the batter into prepared pan. Mound berry mixture in a ring in center of batter. Top with remaining batter. Using a small offset spatula, smooth top. Sprinkle with the topping.
• Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 65 to 70 minutes. Let cool slightly on a wire rack, 10 to 15 minutes. Run a knife around edges of pan to loosen. Pull up on tube to lift cake from pan. Let cool on rack 15 minutes. Invert cake onto a baking sheet, removing tube portion, then reinvert onto rack to cool completely.

CARDAMOM & ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• FILLING: In a medium bowl, mix together almonds, sugar, flour and cardamom and melted butter with a fork or your fingertips.
• CAKE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and baking soda and set aside.
• Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time and beating well between additions.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Add the dry ingredients in thirds to the creamed butter mixture, alternating with the sour cream, beating in between additions and ending with dry ingredients.
• Scrape down the sides and beat for 1 minute to develop structure of cake.
• Line an 8-inch springform pan with parchment paper and grease sides.
• Pour half of the batter into the pan and sprinkle half of the almond mixture over the cake.
• Pour the remaining batter into the pan, spreading it out if necessary.
• Top with the remaining almond mixture.
• Bake on the middle rack of oven for 50 to 60 minutes.
• Cake is done when a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Leave cake in pan and cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool completely.

CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE WITH ALMOND PASTE RECIPE

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water. Beat margarine and 1/4 cup sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add yeast mixture, milk and eggs; mix well. Blend in flour and salt; cover. Let rise in warm place 2 hours or until doubled in volume.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix almond paste, 1/2 cup sugar, the coffee and cocoa powder; set aside. Generously grease 10-inch tube pan; sprinkle with almonds and 1 Tbsp. sugar. Set aside. Punch down dough. Pat one third of the dough onto bottom of prepared pan, building up dough around center tube; spread with one half of the almond paste mixture. Repeat layers. Cover with remaining dough. Seal edge of dough to pan with floured hands.
• Bake 40 min. or until lightly browned. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool completely.

CHERRY-ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 10-inch-diameter springform pan. Beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light. Add eggs, vanilla extract and almond extract and beat well. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl. Mix half of dry ingredients into butter mixture. Mix in sour cream, then remaining dry ingredients.
• Pour 2/3 of batter (about 2 cups) into prepared pan. Drop pie filling by tablespoons evenly over batter. Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over pie filling. Using back of spoon, carefully spread batter over filling. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool in pan on rack. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover with foil and store at room temperature.) Cut around sides of pan. Remove pan.

ALMOND COFFEE CAKE W/ AMARETTO GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
• Generously grease and flour a tube pan.
• You can also use a 9X5-inch loaf pan, a 9-inch springform pan, bundt or kugelhupf cake mold.
• Cake: In a bowl, cream the almond paste with sugar and butter.
• As the almond paste breaks up, add the vanilla, eggs and milk.
• Blend well and fold in the flour, salt, baking powder and cornstarch to make a thick but fluffy batter.
• If serving cake bottom side up, sprinkle the almonds into the bottom of the pan here.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle the almonds on top, otherwise.
• Bake 50-55 minutes.
• The cake should be evenly golden brown and slightly cracked.
• When completely cool, dust with the confectioners' sugar, if using.
• Or, alternatively, poke holes into the top of the cake and drizzle on the Amaretto glaze.
• (I used the glaze, and then dusted confectioners' sugar on top.).
• Glaze: Stir together the water and sugar in a small saucepan.
• Set on low heat to dissolve the sugar.
• Stir in the liqueur, heat for 2-3 minutes more.
• Cool slightly.
• NOTE: You can replace the liqueur with an additional 1/4 cup water combined with 1/2 teaspoon almond extract.

CHERRY ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and butter a 10" diameter springform pan.
• Beat sugar and butter together until light, then add eggs, vanilla and almond extracts.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into another bowl.
• Mix half of dry ingredients into butter mixture, then add sour cream, then add remaining dry ingredients.
• Pour 2/3 of batter into prepared pan.
• Drop pie filling by tablespoons over batter evenly.
• Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over pie filling and using back of spoon, carefully spread batter over filling.
• Sprinkle with almonds and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on rack, then cut around sides of pan and remove cake from pan.

RASPBERRY-ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk the first 6 ingredients. In another bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk, applesauce, butter and extract; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Gently fold in raspberries., Transfer batter to a 13x9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Serve warm.

CHOCOLATE ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
• Set aside.
• Beat butter, sugar, honey and almond extract in large mixer bowl until creamy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Gradually beat in flour mixture alternately with milk.
• Stir in 1 cup morsels.
• Divide batter into prepared cake pans.
• In medium bowl add brown sugar and cut in butter or margarine with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in sliced almonds and 1/2 cup morsels.
• sprinkle over batter.
• Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 15 minutes.
• Melt remaining 1/2 cup morsels, butter or margarine and milk in small saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth.
• Drizzle over coffeecake.
• Yummy!

ALMOND-CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Generously butter 10-inch Bundt pan or 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• Combine nuts, brown sugar, morsels, cocoa, coffee granules, apricots and cinnamon in medium bowl; set aside.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; set aside.
• Beat butter in large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add granulated sugar and vanilla extract; beat for 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, until mixture is completely smooth. Alternately add flour mixture and yogurt; beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix until smooth. Pour half the batter into prepared pan. Spread half the nut mixture on top; repeat layers.
• Bake for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out almost clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes before carefully turning cake out onto rack. Serve warm with powdered sugar sifted lightly over the top, if desired.

EASY ALMOND APRICOT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until smooth and fluffy. On low speed of mixer, blend in sour cream and extract. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix just until combined. Sprinkle half of almonds in a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Spread half of batter over nuts. Carefully spoon half of preserves over batter, keeping preserves away from edges of pan. Sprinkle with remaining almonds. Spoon on remaining batter; add remaining preserves to center of batter. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely.