Apricot-Almond Coffee Cake
Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
Serves: 12-15
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1⁄3 cup apricot preserves
- 1⁄3 cup sliced almonds, toasted
- sifted powdered sugar
POWDERED SUGAR ICING
- 1 1⁄2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 4 teaspoons milk
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
- additional milk, if needed
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease and lightly flour a 10-inch Bundt pan; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Slowly add granulated sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
- Beat in sour cream and almond extract. Beat in flour mixture until batter is smooth.
- Spoon half of batter into prepared pan. Spoon apricot preserves over batter in pan, making sure preserves do not touch side of pan. Sprinkle with almonds.
- Spoon remaining batter over almonds in pan.
- Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan.
- Serve warm or cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and drizzle with powdered sugar icing.
- To prepare icing: In a medium bowl combine sifted powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Stir in enough additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, to make an icing that's easy to drizzle.
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