Cherry Almond Muffins Or Coffee Cake Recipes

CHERRY ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a large bowl combine the sour cream, sugar, eggs, lemon juice, vanilla, and melted butter with a wire whisk until well combined.
• Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix with a rubber spatula just until combined.
• Prepare a 9-inch spring form pan, greasing it well.
• Spoon half the batter into the bottom of the pan (the batter will be very thick).
• Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and sprinkle half the mixture over the amount of batter in the bottom of the pan. Scatter half the cherries over top of the cinnamon sugar layer.
• Spoon the second half of the batter over the cinnamon sugar layer and cherries, and smooth out the top as much as possible.
• Sprinkle the remainder of the cinnamon sugar over the top of the batter and add the second half of the cherries to the top.
• Combine the streusel topping ingredients in a small bowl until the mixture reaches the texture of coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the top of the cherries.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Halfway through baking, add the sliced almonds over the top of the streusel topping and allow them to toast for the second half of the baking time.
• Once the cake is done, allow to cool completely before releasing the spring form pan and slicing to serve.

CHERRY-ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix flour and 3/4 cup sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. Reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture for topping. Add baking powder, baking soda and salt to remaining crumb mixture. Stir in sour cream, 1 egg and the extract until blended., Spread onto bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and remaining sugar until smooth. Add remaining egg; beat on low speed just until blended. Pour into pan; spoon preserves over top. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture and almonds., Bake until top is golden brown, 50-60 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 15 minutes. Loosen sides from pan with a knife; remove rim from pan. Serve warm or cold. Refrigerate leftovers.

CHERRY ALMOND MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat the egg, sour cream and extract until smooth; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be thick). , In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, egg, sugar and vanilla until smooth. In a saucepan over low heat, warm preserves. For topping, combine flour and sugar in a small bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in almonds., Fill greased jumbo muffin cups half full with batter. Divide cream cheese filling and preserves evenly among muffin cups; swirl gently. Cover with remaining batter. Sprinkle with topping. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in muffin comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.