Read...
I love to bake for my family. It’s so therapeutic (yes, I am weird). My husband and our boys love dessert. They enjoy cakes most. However, most cakes just take forever to bake.
Almond Raspberry Coffee Cake:
Ingredients
- coffee cake-
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 Tbsp butter, room temp
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup oil
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 cup flour
- 10 oz raspberries
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- cream cheese layer-
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1/3 cup sugar
Instructions
- Prepare 9" springform pan. Add parchment to the bottom of the pan. Close sides. Butter sides and bottom of the pan.
- Preheat oven to 355F.
- Combine eggs, sugar, and softened butter. Mix 2 minutes.
- In another bowl, combine and sour cream, oil, and lemon juice. Mix1 minutes.
- Add the sour cream mixture to the egg mixture. Give a quick mix.
- Mix together the flour and baking powder. Add half of the flour, mix. Add the remaining flour, mix again.
- In a bowl combine sugar and cream cheese, and mix.
- Pour about ¾ of the cake batter into the springform pan, spreading evenly. Add cream cheese layer distributing it evenly.
- Add 6 oz of the raspberries, pushing them down into the cream cheese layer.
- Add remaining batter into the pan, spread evenly. Add sliced almonds over cake, add remaining raspberries on top pushing them in (I sliced my raspberries in half).
- Bake for 27-33 minutes at 355F. Test readiness with a toothpick. It should come out clean if inserted into the center of cake.
- Once cooled, add powdered sugar to the top.
- Enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea.
valentinascorner.com
