Best 8 Almond Crunch Pound Cake Recipes

ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease and flour a 10 to 12-cup bundt pan. Set aside.
• Use a mixer to cream the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• Add the eggs to the butter mixture, one at a time, and mix well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again.
• Add the dry ingredients and the milk to the mixture, alternately. Start with 1/3 of the dry, then half the milk, another 1/3 of the dry, the other 1/2 of the milk, then the remaining dry. Mix well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again.
• Add the vanilla and almond extracts. For lots of almond flavor, add 3 teaspoons. For less, only add 2. Mix to combine.
• Pour the mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Bake times may vary. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then place a plate or platter over the pan and invert to turn the cake out onto the plate. Allow to cool completely.
• To make the glaze, whisk the powdered sugar, almond extract, and milk together in a small bowl. Drizzle over the cooled pound cake and sprinkle the almonds over the top.

STRAWBERRY ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the granulated sugar and butter. Add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing after each addition. Add the sour cream and almond extract and mix to combine. Turn the mixer to low and gradually add the flour and salt and mix until well combined, scraping the bowl. Fold in the sliced strawberries.
• For the topping: Combine the brown sugar, flour, butter and salt in a medium bowl and cut together using 2 knives or a pastry cutter until it resembles crumbs. Mix in the almonds.
• Generously butter a 10-inch cast-iron skillet. Pour the batter into the skillet and even out the surface. Press the remaining halved strawberries into the surface of the batter cut-side down, leaving them mostly exposed. Scatter the crumble over the top of the batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center does not come out totally clean but isn't wet with batter either, about 1 hour. Let the cake sit in the skillet for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, make the glaze.
• For the glaze: Whisk together the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice. Using a fork or whisk, drizzle over the cake. Serve directly out of the skillet.

ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Beat just until combined., Transfer to two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve with raspberries and whipped cream if desired.

EASY ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and almond extract. Beat at low speed with electric mixer until moistened. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in almonds.
• 2. Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.
• 3. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 25 minutes. Invert onto cooling rack. Cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

ALMOND-CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F Spray fixed-bottom 9 1/2- or 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray. Line bottom with parchment paper; spray paper.
• Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter and cream cheese in large bowl at medium speed until combined. Beat in sugar 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs in 3 parts, beating well after each addition. At low speed, beat in almond extract and vanilla until blended. Slowly beat in flour mixture just until incorporated. Spoon batter into pan; sprinkle with almonds, pressing gently into batter.
• Bake 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack 20 minutes. Run small knife around edges and tube; invert cake onto wire rack. Remove parchment paper; turn almond-side up. Cool completely. (Cake can be made 3 days ahead.) Store at room temperature.

AMARETTO ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening; lightly flour. Sprinkle almonds in bottom of pan.
• In large bowl, beat 1 1/4 cups butter and the cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add 2 1/2 cups sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add 3 tablespoons amaretto and the vanilla, beating just until blended. Gradually add flour, beating on low speed just until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Pour batter over almonds in pan.
• Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• During last 10 minutes of baking, mix glaze ingredients in 1-quart saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring often. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Gradually spoon hot glaze over cake, allowing it to soak into cake after each addition. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour 30 minutes.

CRUNCHY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325º.
• Grease and flour bundt pan.
• Combine butter and shortening in mixer bowl.
• Add eggs and blend well.
• Add other ingredients.
• Beat on medium speed for 10 minutes.
• Pour into pan.
• Bake 70 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes.

ALMOND CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE: Sift together flour and 3/4 c sugar.
• Make a well in the center, add egg yolks, water, lemon juice, vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Beat egg whites, cream of tartar and salt just until soft peaks form.
• Add remaining sugar, 2 T at a time, continuing to beat until stiff.
• Fold flour mixture gently into egg whites.
• Pour batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
• Cut carefully through the batter, going around tube 5 or 6 times with a knife to break air bubbles.
• Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched.
• Invert pan 1 hour or until cool.
• Remove cake and split into 4 equal layers.
• ALMOND BRITTLE TOPPING: Combine sugar, coffee, syrup, and water in a saucepan, stirring well.
• Cook to hard crack stage, 290 degrees, remove from heat and add soda.
• Stir vigorously until mixture blends and pulls away from sides of pan.
• Quickly pour into an ungreased shallow baking pan.
• Let stand until cool.
• Knock out of pan and crush candy with a rolling pin into small chunks.
• Whip cream and fold in sugar and vanilla.
• Spread half of cream between layers and remainder over top and sides.
• Cover top and sides with candy, lightly pressing into cream.
• Decorate with almonds.
• Do not press candy and almonds into cream more than 6 hours before serving.
• Refrigerate.