Spiced Almond Coffee Cake Recipe

1      Reviews by:    Margaret Landis   Spiced Almond Coffee Cake Recipe bakes a coffee cake with flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, butter, sugar, vanilla extract, eggs and sour cream and tops with brown sugar, cinnamon and sliced almonds to make this tasty coffee cake recipe. 1200

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon each baking powder, baking soda, and ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon each salt, ground nutmeg, and ground allspice
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• For Almond Topping:
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Stir together flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and allspice. In large bowl of electric mixer, cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in vanilla. Then add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, mixing to blend after each addition. Spread batter in greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Sprinkle evenly with Almond Topping.
• Bake until almonds are brown and coffee cake tests done when a wooden skewer is inserted in center (30 to 35 minutes). Cut in squares and serve warm or at room temperature.
• Almond Topping: In a medium bowl mix brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Cut in butter until coarse crumbs form. Stir in almonds.