Almond Paste Twirl Coffee Cake Recipes

ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

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.

ALMOND BUTTERMILK COFFEE CAKE

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.

ALMOND DANISH COFFEE CAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a small saucepan, heat milk and cubed butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add eggs; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a firm dough. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight., Turn onto a heavily floured surface; roll dough into an 18x12-in. rectangle. Cut cold butter into thin slices. Starting with a short side of dough, arrange half of the butter slices over two-thirds of rectangle to within 1/2 in. of edges., Fold unbuttered third of dough over middle third. Fold remaining third over the middle, forming a 12x6-in. rectangle. Press edges to seal. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Roll dough into an 18x12-in. rectangle., Repeat steps of dough folding, ending with a 12x6-in. rectangle, chilling and rolling dough into an 18x12-in. rectangle three times., In a small bowl, combine the almonds, confectioners' sugar, egg whites and almond extract. Set aside. On a floured surface roll dough into a 20-in. square. Cut in half, forming two rectangles., Spoon half of the almond paste over one rectangle. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Brush edge with egg white; pinch seam to seal. Bring ends of roll towards the center to form a "B" shape. Place seam side down on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and almond paste., Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 40 minutes. Combine egg yolk and water; brush over dough. Sprinkle with sliced almonds., Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

ALMOND PASTE TWIRL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixer bowl, combine 2 cups flour & yeast.
• On the stove, heat milk, butter, granulated sugar & salt until 115-120 degrees. Don't worry if the butter isn't completely melted.
• Add to dry mixture in bowl.
• Add egg, beating at a low speed for 1/2 minute. Be sure to scrape the bowl during mixing so as to get all yeast incorporated.
• Beat at a high speed for 3 minutes.
• Stir in the remaining flour (and up to 1/2 cup more to make a soft, knead-able dough).
• Knead on floured surface until smooth.
• Put ball in greased bowl. Flip to grease both sides.
• Cover with damp cloth & let rise in a warm place until double (1-1 1/2 hours).
• Punch dough down & let rest 10 minutes.
• Roll into a rectangle (about 12x18 inches).
• Make the almond filling by creaming together sugar and butter. Stir in slmonds & extract.
• Spread the almond filling over the pastry.
• roll from the long edge & pinch to seal.
• Place seam side down on greased baking sheet (can be shaped as necessary to fit onto baking sheet).
• Cut every 1/2 inch to within 1/2 inch of bottom. Gently pull each slice alternately to left & right.
• Let rise in warm place until nearly double (about 1 hour).
• Bake in 375 degree overn for 20-25 minutes.
• While still hot, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

ALMOND DANISH COFFEE CAKE

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.

NEVER FAIL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix flour, salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Add margarine and beat just until crumbly, like for pie crust.
• Dissolve yeast in warm water.
• Pour yeast and milk into flour mixture and mix, it will come together quite radidly.
• You can wrap in wax paper and put it in the refrigerator overnight or you can cut it in half and roll it out thin and fill with the"SOLO" filling, Fold front third to the center and then the back third over.
• Fold the ends over and pinch to seal.
• Place on cookie sheet and let rise for 30 min.
• It doesn't rise a lot.
• Bake at 325 degrees for about 30 min.
• Make a frosting with butter, powdered sugar, and milk.
• Can be frozen and frosted later if you wish.

CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE WITH ALMOND PASTE RECIPE

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water. Beat margarine and 1/4 cup sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add yeast mixture, milk and eggs; mix well. Blend in flour and salt; cover. Let rise in warm place 2 hours or until doubled in volume.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix almond paste, 1/2 cup sugar, the coffee and cocoa powder; set aside. Generously grease 10-inch tube pan; sprinkle with almonds and 1 Tbsp. sugar. Set aside. Punch down dough. Pat one third of the dough onto bottom of prepared pan, building up dough around center tube; spread with one half of the almond paste mixture. Repeat layers. Cover with remaining dough. Seal edge of dough to pan with floured hands.
• Bake 40 min. or until lightly browned. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool completely.