Indulge in the delightful flavors of a classic Almond Ring Coffee Cake, a delectable treat that combines the best of both worlds – a tender coffee cake base and a sweet almond filling, all enveloped in a delicate almond streusel topping. This recipe offers a step-by-step guide to creating this stunning centerpiece for your next brunch or afternoon tea gathering. Additionally, you'll find variations to explore, including a mouthwatering Chocolate Almond Ring Coffee Cake and a tempting Gluten-Free Almond Ring Coffee Cake. Each recipe provides detailed instructions, ingredient lists, baking tips, and serving suggestions, ensuring success for bakers of all skill levels. Get ready to impress your loved ones with this timeless classic, made even more special with the variations provided.
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SWEDISH COFFEE CAKE RING
This recipe originally came from a bakery I worked in over 30 years ago. I did change the recipe to my liking. I Know the bakery doesn't exist any longer. The owners were Swedish. This is definitely a European coffee cake. Almond paste is used in it. Almond paste is used a lot in European baking. This is delicious. I also...
Provided by Nor Mac
Categories Other Breakfast
Time 55m
Number Of Ingredients 28
Steps:
- 1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl. Stir in milk,sugar,butter,egg,nutmeg,cinnamon,salt,and 2 cups of flour. Beat until smooth.Stir in more remaining flour until dough is easy to handle.
- 2. NOTE; This recipe in designed to go with the almond paste recipe I have here. Do not use Solo Almond pastry filling. This Almond paste is not very sweet. If you are using a pastry filling with this recipe. rather than using my almond paste recipe.You have to adjust the butter and sugar in my recipe. Canned Almond filling is very sweet and syrupy. My recipe for almond paste is not.
- 3. Put dough on lightly floured surface.Knead dough until smooth and elastic.Put dough in a greased bowl. Cover and let rise until dough is doubled in size.about 1-2 hours.
- 4. Mean while make the almond filling.Just combine all ingredients for filling. stir really well.
- 5. punch down dough. Roll dough on floured surface in to a rectangle about 15 x 9 inches.Spread the filling over the dough.
- 6. Roll up tight rolling the 15 inch side.When you get to the end after rolling. Pinch the edge to seal it.With sealed edge down.Take the dough and stretch to make a circle on greased cookie sheet.
- 7. With scissors make cuts 2/3 of the way in to the ring about one inch apart.All the way around the ring.Take each section and turn it on it's side.It should look overlapped.
- 8. leave it to rise for about an hour. Heat oven to 350 degree's. Cover loosely with foil if it browns to fast. Bake for about 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
- 9. Make icing by mixing all ingredients together for icing. Drizzle icing on ring. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts, or sliced almonds, chopped Maraschino cherries, or pecans if desired.Not necessary, but yummy this way.
- 10. HOME MADE ALMOND PASTE: Blanche 1 1/2 cups of unsalted almonds. Boil some water in the microwave. Add almonds. wait about 5-10 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon. The skin should peel right off.Take the blanched almonds and put in a food processor with a 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar. Pulse until it is well mixed stopping the process now and then to incorporate.When the Almonds are nicely ground.Add the rest of the powdered sugar. Pulse until completely mixed. Add the beaten egg white,2 tbs butter,and almond extract. Pulse again until you have paste.If it is to sticky add more sugar a tablespoon at a time.Blend until smooth. Put in an air tight container and store in fridge up to 3 months.
ALMOND BUTTERMILK COFFEE CAKE
Every bite of this almond buttermilk coffee cake is so dense, fragrant, and fluffy, laced with crispy apples and loaded with a nutty topping.
Provided by crys
Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Almond Dessert Recipes
Time 1h39m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (375 degrees C). Lightly butter an 8-inch baking pan.
- Arrange enough apple wedges to form a single layer over the bottom and sides of the prepared pan.
- Heat a saucepan over medium heat. Add almonds; cook and stir until toasted, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Beat 3 1/2 tablespoons butter, white sugar, and 1/4 cup brown sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Add egg, applesauce, and honey; beat until smooth. Stir buttermilk, almond extract, and vanilla extract into the batter.
- Combine flour, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl; stir mixture into the batter. Mix until well combined. Fold in 3/4 of the remaining apple wedges. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Top with 2 tablespoons toasted almonds.
- Bake the preheated oven for 35 minutes.
- Heat oats in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until slightly toasted, about 5 minutes.
- Stir 3 tablespoons butter and 1/3 cup brown sugar together in a bowl until combined. Add remaining almond slices, oats, milk, and 1 pinch salt.
- Top the cake with remaining apple slices and oat mixture. Return to the oven and continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool to room temperature, at least 25 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 270.2 calories, Carbohydrate 39.8 g, Cholesterol 39.7 mg, Fat 10.5 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 4.9 g, SaturatedFat 5.3 g, Sodium 320.7 mg, Sugar 21.3 g
ALMOND DANISH COFFEE CAKE
Filled with almond paste, sugar and butter, this pastry will melt in your mouth. It's a must for me to make each holiday.
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 50m
Yield 2 coffee cakes (12 serving each).
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in water; let stand for 5 minutes and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt and remaining sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg and cream to yeast mixture. Add to flour mixture; stir to form a stiff dough. Divide in half; cover and refrigerate for 3 hours. , In a small bowl, beat the almond paste, brown sugar and butter until smooth. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough into a 15x6-in. rectangle. Spread filling down center third of dough to within 1/2 in of edges. Beat egg and water; brush over edges of dough. , Fold sides over filling; seal seam and edges. Place seam side down on greased baking sheets. Cut five to six small slits in top. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes. , Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely. , For glaze, combine confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to achieve desired consistency; drizzle over coffee cakes. Sprinkle with almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 156 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 40mg cholesterol, Sodium 116mg sodium, Carbohydrate 19g carbohydrate (9g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.
ALMOND COFFEE CAKE
Steps:
- 1.Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- 2.Spray a 9-inch spring form pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- 3.Combine the flour and ¾ cup sugar in a bowl.
- 4.Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- 5.Reserve 1 cup of the mixture and set it aside. To the remaining crumb mixture add the baking powder, salt, sour cream, 1 egg, and almond extract. Blend well.
- 6.Spread the batter in pan. In a separate mixing bowl combine cream cheese, cottage cheese and ¼ cup sugar and beat with the paddle attachment of the mixer.
- 7.Add the remaining egg and beat an additional minute until blended well.
- 8.Pour the cheese mixture over the batter in the pan.
- 9.Combine the reserved crumb mixture with almonds. Sprinkle over the cheese mixture in the pan.
- 10.Bake at 350°F for 45-50 minutes or until cheese mixture is set and cake is firm and slightly pulling away from the sides of the pan. Cool before removing the sides of the pan and serving.
CINNAMON ALMOND RING COFFEE CAKE
Make and share this Cinnamon Almond Ring Coffee Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Chef mariajane
Categories Breads
Time 25m
Yield 2 coffee cakes
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- FOR THE FILLING: fit standing mixer with paddle attachment and mix almond paste, confectioners sugar, dark brown sugar, cinnamon and cream cheese until smooth. cover with plastic and refrigerate until ready to use.
- FOR THE DOUGH: Adjust oven rack to upper-middle postitions and heat over 200°F When oven reaches 200F shut oven off. Lightly grease large bowl with nonstick cooking spray. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and grease with cooking spray.
- Mix milk, honey, melted butter, yolks, and vanilla in large measuring cup. Mix flour, yeast, and salt in bowl of standing mixer fitted with dough hook. Turn mixer to low and slowly add milk mixture. After dough comes togehter, increase speed to medium and mix until shiny and smooth, 4-6 minutes. (Dough will be sticky). Turn dough onto heavily floured work surface, shape into ball, and transfer to a greased bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in turned-off oven until dough is nearly doubled, about 20 minutes.
- On lightly floured surface, divide dough into 2 equal pieces. Working with one piece of dough at a time, roll dough into an 18x9-inch rectangle with long side facing you. Spread with half the filling; using both hands, carefully roll the dough into an even cylinder and moisten the top 1/2-inch of the dough to seal. Press to seal and transfer, seam side down to parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Shape each cylinder into a ring. Using paring knife, make cuts around the outside of dough. spacing them about 1 1/2 inches apart. Rotate each piece of dough cut side up.
- Cover with plastic wrap coated with cooking spray and return to oven until rings have puffed slightly, 30-40 minutes. Remove from oven and heat oven to 375°F.
- FOR THE TOPPNG: Whisk reserved egg whites in small bowl, then brush rings with with egg whites. Sprinkle with almonds and bake until deep brown, about 25 minutes, switching and rotating pans halfway through baking.
- While rings are baking or cooling, whisk confectioners sugar, cream cheese, milk, and vanilla in small bowl until smooth. Drizzle icing over baked coffee cakes and serve warm.
- COFFEE CAKE IN THE FREEZER: This recipe makes two coffee cakes, which can be baked together or separately, with the second ring frozen for later use.
- To freeze one coffee cake: Transfer shaped ring ot large plate and wrap in two layers of plastic wrap and then foil. (Unbaked ring can be frozen for up to 1 month). The night before baking, transfer frozen ring to refrigerator. The next day, unwrap ring and transfer to baking sheet lined with parchment paper that has been grease with cooking spray. Then proceed to letting dough rise in the oven that has been heated to 200F and then turned off. Brush with egg wash, sprinkle with almonds bake (on middle rack) cook and ice as directed.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3277.4, Fat 133.3, SaturatedFat 58.5, Cholesterol 555.2, Sodium 2794.6, Carbohydrate 460.2, Fiber 18.3, Sugar 212.6, Protein 69.3
ALMOND RING COFFEE CAKE
Make and share this Almond Ring Coffee Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Ambervim
Categories Breads
Time 50m
Yield 1 Cake
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder.
- Cut in butter to create course crumbs.
- Stir in oats and raisins.
- Add eggs, milk and almond extract.
- Knead gently.
- Roll out into a 12x24 inch rectangle.
- Brush with 2 tbs melted butter.
- Sprinkle with 1/4 cup brown sugar.
- Roll up starting with long edge.
- Place in 9 inch cake pan seam down.
- Slice at 1 inch intervals to within 1/2 inch of center.
- Turn and cut section upward.
- Brush with remaining butter.
- Sprinkle with 1/4 cup brown sugar.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- While still warm, frost with icing and sprinkle with almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3072.2, Fat 161, SaturatedFat 84, Cholesterol 702.8, Sodium 3995.9, Carbohydrate 348.8, Fiber 25.5, Sugar 47.1, Protein 69.1
ALMOND COFFEE CAKE
Enjoy the taste of almond in this coffee cake topped with berries - perfect for a wonderful breakfast
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Side Dish
Time 2h
Yield 9
Number Of Ingredients 11
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 403, Carbohydrate 46 g, Fat 4 1/2, Fiber 2 g, Protein 6 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 210 mg
Tips:
- Use quality ingredients: Fresh, high-quality ingredients will yield the best results. Use real butter, large eggs, and pure vanilla extract.
- Measure ingredients accurately: Baking is a science, and precise measurements are essential for success. Use a kitchen scale to measure ingredients whenever possible.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy: This will help to incorporate air into the mixture, resulting in a tender and fluffy cake.
- Gradually add the eggs, one at a time: This will help to prevent the batter from curdling.
- Mix the dry ingredients together before adding them to the wet ingredients: This will help to prevent lumps.
- Do not overmix the batter: Overmixing can result in a tough, dense cake.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven: This will help to ensure that the cake bakes evenly.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it: This will help to prevent the frosting from melting.
Conclusion:
The almond ring coffee cake is a delicious and versatile treat that can be enjoyed for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. With its tender crumb, sweet almond filling, and rich cream cheese frosting, this cake is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. Whether you are a seasoned baker or a beginner, this recipe is easy to follow and will yield delicious results. So next time you are looking for a special treat, give this almond ring coffee cake a try. You won't be disappointed!
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