Almond Streusel Cake Food

ALMOND STREUSEL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9" or 10" tube pan.
• To prepare the streusel, in a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar nuts and flour. Stir in the butter and zest.
• To prepare cake, in a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in zest and vanilla.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• Reduce mixer speed to low. Alternately beat flour mixture and orange juice into egg mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
• Spoon half of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of the streusel. Top with the remaining batter and streusel.
• Bake until toothpick in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To prepare glaze, in a cup stir together confectioners' sugar and orange juice until smooth.
• Turn the cake out onto a serving plate, placing it right-side up. Drizzle with the glaze.

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.

PLUM CRUMBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line a 22cm deep, round cake tin (preferably with a loose bottom) with baking parchment.
• First make the topping: put all the crumble ingredients in a bowl and rub together until crumbly.
• For the cake, put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, vanilla, ground almonds and soured cream in a big bowl. Beat with an electric whisk until smooth, then tip into the tin and level the top. Arrange the plums, cut-side up, over the mix, then scatter over the crumble.
• Bake for 50 mins-1 hr on a middle shelf until a skewer poked into the cake mixture comes out clean (plums will remain sticky, however). Cool in the tin for 20 mins, then finish cooling on a wire rack. Serve plain or with soured cream or yogurt. Keeps for 3-4 days in an airtight cake tin.

ALMOND STREUSEL ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the milk, butter, sugar, eggs, salt and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch dough down; roll out to a 15x10-in. rectangle. In a large bowl, beat filling ingredients until smooth. Spread over dough. , Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a short side; seal seams. Cut into 12 slices. Place cut side down in a greased 12-in. cast-iron skillet or 13x9-in. baking pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°. , Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over rolls. Bake until golden brown, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. , In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to achieve drizzling consistency; drizzle over rolls.

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.

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.

GOOSEBERRY & ALMOND STREUSEL SQUARES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line a 27 x 18cm baking tin with baking parchment.
• Rub the butter into the flour, almonds and sugar to make crumbs, then firmly press two-thirds onto the base and sides of the tin. Toss the gooseberries with the caster sugar, then scatter over the top.
• Mix the flaked almonds into the remaining crumbs, then scatter over the gooseberries. Bake for 50 mins-1 hr until golden and the fruit is bubbling a little around the edges. Dredge with caster sugar, then cool in the tin. Cut into about 8 squares and enjoy with a cup of tea or serve as a pudding with custard or cream.

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.

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.