Almond Streusel Cake Food

CINNAMON ALMOND STREUSEL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 360°F.
• Butter and flour a 10" angel food cake(tube) pan or 12-cup Bundt pan.
• Combine all filling ingredients in small bowl.
• Beat at low speed until well mixed; set aside.
• Combine flour, cake flour and baking powder in small bowl.
• Combine sugar, 1 cup butter and almond paste in large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed until creamy.
• Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed.
• Add almond extract and vanilla.
• Reduce speed to low.
• Beat gradually adding combined flour, cake flour and baking powder alternately with milk, until well mixed.
• Pour half of batter into prepared pan.
• Sprinkle filling over batter so filling does not touch sides of pan.
• Spoon remaining batter over filling.
• Bake 45-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan.
• Meanwhile, combine powdered sugar, almond extract and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl.
• Drizzle over warm cake; sprinkle with sliced almonds.
• Cool completely.
• Enjoy!
• *Substitute 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour.

BANANA-ALMOND STREUSEL BUNDT® CAKE

Steps:

• Heat a heavy skillet over medium heat. Add almonds and toast slowly, watching carefully and stirring constantly until browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool, about 5 minutes. Chop into coarse pieces.
• Combine butter, brown sugar, flour, white sugar, and cinnamon for streusel in a bowl. Blend using a pastry blender. Stir in almonds gently and set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
• Beat butter in a bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy. Add sugar and whip until fluffy. Add vanilla extract and mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix bananas into batter on low speed until just blended. Alternate adding flour mixture and yogurt until batter is combined.
• Place 1/4 cup of batter into the prepared cake pan. Layer with 1/2 of the streusel mixture. Add another 1/4 cup of batter and top with remaining streusel. Add remaining batter; pan will be very full, but should not overflow.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a wooden skewer or long spaghetti noodle inserted into the center of the cake comes out very clean, 65 to 75 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert the pan onto the rack to remove the cake.
• While cake begins to cool, mix confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla extract, and salt until icing is well blended. Poke the top and sides of the cake gently with a fork while still warm. Drizzle icing over cake. Serve warm or allow to cool completely before serving.

ALMOND-CHERRY STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 9-inch springform pan.
• In medium bowl stir 1/2 cup flour and the 3 tablespoons sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in 3 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in almonds. Set aside.
• In another medium bowl, stir together 2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set flour mixture aside.
• In large bowl (mixer) beat the 1/2 cup butter and the 2/3 cup sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in egg, sour cream, vanilla, and almond extract until fluffy. Add flour mixture and milk alternately, beating just until blended.
• Spread 2/3 of the batter evenly into prepared pan. Spread pie filling on top of batter. Dollop remaining batter on top of filling. Sprinkle sugar mixture over batter in the pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven one hour, till toothpick in center comes out clean (but dough could be under the filling and toothpick won't show it. I needed 1 hour, 15 minutes).
• Cool for 10 minutes. Serve warm. Cover any leftovers in refrigerator for up to 3 days.

PEAR ALMOND STREUSEL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In large bowl, mix butter and sugar until well mixed.
• Add vanilla and eggs, mix well.
• In separate bowl,mix together dry cake ingredients and add to egg mixture. Mix until smooth.
• Pour cake batter into greased and floured 10" tart or springform pan.
• Layer pear slices, cut side down, pressing slightly, onto cake batter.
• In medium bowl, mix all topping ingredients together until crumbly. Sprinkle over pears and batter.
• Bake at 375°F for 35 to 50 minutes or until center of cake bounces back when lightly touched.
• Cool for 15 minutes and remove from pan.

AGE OF LINCOLN ALMOND-STREUSEL BUNDT CAKE WITH COFFEE GLAZE

Steps:

• For Streusel:
• Mix first 5 ingredients in small bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until well blended. Set aside.
• For Cake:
• Preheat oven to 350° F. Butter and flour 12-cup Bundt pan. Mix flour and baking powder in small bowl. Finely grind almonds in processor. Using electric mixer, beat butter and almond paste in large bowl until blended. Gradually beat in 1 1/3 cups sugar. Continue beating until fluffy. Beat in extract. Stir in dry ingredients alternately with milk. Mix in ground almonds. Using electric mixer fitted with clean dry beaters, beat whites in another large bowl to medium peaks. Gradually add remaining 1/3 cup sugar and beat until stiff but not dry. Fold meringue into batter in 2 additions. Transfer half of batter to prepared Bundt pan. Sprinkle streusel over. Spoon remaining batter over. Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool cake in pan on rack 20 minutes. Turn out cake onto rack and cool completely. (Cake can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.)
• For Glaze:
• Stir powdered sugar, whipping cream and instant espresso powder in small bowl until well blended. Drizzle glaze over cake, allowing excess to run down sides. Sprinkle cake with sliced almonds.