Almond Paste Twirl Coffee Cake Recipes

ALMOND PASTE TWIRL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixer bowl, combine 2 cups flour & yeast.
• On the stove, heat milk, butter, granulated sugar & salt until 115-120 degrees. Don't worry if the butter isn't completely melted.
• Add to dry mixture in bowl.
• Add egg, beating at a low speed for 1/2 minute. Be sure to scrape the bowl during mixing so as to get all yeast incorporated.
• Beat at a high speed for 3 minutes.
• Stir in the remaining flour (and up to 1/2 cup more to make a soft, knead-able dough).
• Knead on floured surface until smooth.
• Put ball in greased bowl. Flip to grease both sides.
• Cover with damp cloth & let rise in a warm place until double (1-1 1/2 hours).
• Punch dough down & let rest 10 minutes.
• Roll into a rectangle (about 12x18 inches).
• Make the almond filling by creaming together sugar and butter. Stir in slmonds & extract.
• Spread the almond filling over the pastry.
• roll from the long edge & pinch to seal.
• Place seam side down on greased baking sheet (can be shaped as necessary to fit onto baking sheet).
• Cut every 1/2 inch to within 1/2 inch of bottom. Gently pull each slice alternately to left & right.
• Let rise in warm place until nearly double (about 1 hour).
• Bake in 375 degree overn for 20-25 minutes.
• While still hot, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

'OLE FASHIONED ALMOND FILLED COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Oven to 325.Grease a 10x4 inches,or 12-cup Bundt type pan. Prepare Almond Filling-(recipe below)-and set it aside.
• 2. Coffee Cake: Beat sugar,margarine,vanilla and eggs on medium speed-2min's scraping sides of bowl. Mix dry ingredients-flour,bpowder,bsoda,and salt.
• 3. Beat in flour/dry ingredients and sour cream,on low speed,alternating into egg mixture.
• 4. Spread 1/3 of the batter(about 2 cups)in pan. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the almond filling (about 1/3 cup)that you initially prepared. Repeat this step 2 times.
• 5. Bake about one hour,or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. **Cool 20min's.Carefully remove from pan.*
• 6. Drizzle with glaze. GLAZE:Simply mix all 3 ingredients together until smooth.
• 7. **Sometimes I wait a few min's longer,for the coffee cake to cool alittle more,before I remove it from the pan.Angel food/bundt type pans can be "fussy" at this point,as some might know and agree.But this is just my own comment here from experience.

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.