'OLE FASHIONED ALMOND FILLED COFFEE CAKE

'Ole Fashioned Almond Filled Coffee Cake image

Provided by barbara hale

Time 1h25m

Number Of Ingredients 18

1 1/2 c sugar
3/4 c softened margarine or butter
1 1/2 tsp vanilla(sometimes i use half almond extract!)
3 eggs
3 c all purpose flour or whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 c sour cream (lite is ok...but not fat free)
ALMOND FILLLING:
1 pkg 3 1/2 oz size...of almond paste,cut up
1/2 c powdered sugar
1/4 c margarine or butter
1/2 c sliced almonds
GLAZE:
1/2 c powdered sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1-2 tsp milk

Steps:

1. Oven to 325.Grease a 10x4 inches,or 12-cup Bundt type pan. Prepare Almond Filling-(recipe below)-and set it aside.
2. Coffee Cake: Beat sugar,margarine,vanilla and eggs on medium speed-2min's scraping sides of bowl. Mix dry ingredients-flour,bpowder,bsoda,and salt.
3. Beat in flour/dry ingredients and sour cream,on low speed,alternating into egg mixture.
4. Spread 1/3 of the batter(about 2 cups)in pan. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the almond filling (about 1/3 cup)that you initially prepared. Repeat this step 2 times.
5. Bake about one hour,or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. **Cool 20min's.Carefully remove from pan.*
6. Drizzle with glaze. GLAZE:Simply mix all 3 ingredients together until smooth.
7. **Sometimes I wait a few min's longer,for the coffee cake to cool alittle more,before I remove it from the pan.Angel food/bundt type pans can be "fussy" at this point,as some might know and agree.But this is just my own comment here from experience.