Moms Almond Bundt Cake Recipes

MOM'S ALMOND BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Grease bundt pan then put large dabs of butter along creases of pan, embedding an almond in each dab.
• Cream butter.
• Sift the two sugars together and gradually add to butter. Scrape bowl.
• Add unbeaten egg yolks, one at a time. Beat until smooth. Scrape bowl.
• Mix in extracts. Scrape bowl.
• Sift flour 3 times, re-measure, sift with baking powder and salt 3 times (Mom was emphatic about the sifting).
• Starting with flour and ending with flour, add flour and milk alternately to batter. Scrape bowl.
• Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 1 1/4 hours or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack and cool completely.

GLAZED ALMOND BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and ground almonds. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract and vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with 1 cup milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes and invert on a wire rack. Cool 10 minutes longer. Place rack on waxed paper. Combine 1/4 cup milk, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon almond extract and toasted sliced almonds; pour over warm cake.

ALMOND POUND (BUNDT) CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare a 12 cup bundt pan. Mix 1 tablespoon of melted butter, with 1 tablespoon of flour. Spread mixture evenly in the bundt pan using a pastry brush. Set aside. (Your cake will release with ease.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. On low setting, beat butter, sugar, almond extract, and eggs in a large bowl for 30 seconds. Scraping the the sides of the bowl constantly. Then beat on high for 5 minutes.
• 3. In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt together. On low speed, beat flour mixture into sugar mixture, alternately with milk.
• 4. Spread into the prepared bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees, for 1 hour 10 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean when tested.
• 5. Cool for 20 minutes in the pan. Remove from pan and place top side up on a wire rack to cool completely.

PRIZE WINNING ALMOND BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Beat sugar, egg, almond extract, milk and softened butter together.
• Gradually add flour, baking powder and cinnamon.
• In bottom of greased bundt pan, sprinkle almonds and raw sugar to make a nice crunchy topping.
• Pour cake batter over almonds/sugar.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from center of cake.
• Cool for 15-20 minutes, then remove from pan.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Serve warm or cooled - your preference.

CHOCOLATE & ALMOND MARBLED BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Thoroughly brush a 1.5 litre bundt tin with melted butter.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in the almond extract.
• Mix together the baking powder, flour and ground almonds. Beat in one egg at a time, adding a spoonful of the flour mixture in between. Repeat until all three eggs have been added, then fold in the remaining flour mixture and stir in the milk.
• Spoon half of the cake batter into a separate bowl and mix in the cocoa paste. Add the chocolate chips to the other half of the mixture. Add spoonfuls of each of the batters alternately to the tin and drag the handle of a teaspoon through the mixture to create a marbled effect.
• Bake for around 40 minutes and then test the cake to see if a skewer inserted into the deepest part comes out clean. The cake will take 40 - 50 mins, depending on the proportions of your bundt tin.
• Let the cake cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once cooled, dust the cake with a little icing sugar.