Chocolate Almond Coffee Cake Recipes

ALMOND ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Place egg whites in a small bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine almonds and 2 tablespoons sugar; cover and process until ground. Set aside., In a large bowl, cream butter and remaining sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the chocolate, espresso, cocoa, orange juice, espresso granules, vanilla and reserved almond mixture. , Beat reserved egg whites on high until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into the batter., Pour into a greased 9-in. springform pan. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 42-48 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. , Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool completely. Garnish with confectioners' sugar, chocolate curls and coffee beans if desired.

CHOCOLATE ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour cream and extracts; mix well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. , Pour into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , For frosting, cream butter, sugar and extracts in a small bowl until smooth. Add milk until frosting reaches desired spreading consistency. Spread over cake. Decorate with almonds.

ALMOND-CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Generously butter 10-inch Bundt pan or 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• Combine nuts, brown sugar, morsels, cocoa, coffee granules, apricots and cinnamon in medium bowl; set aside.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; set aside.
• Beat butter in large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add granulated sugar and vanilla extract; beat for 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, until mixture is completely smooth. Alternately add flour mixture and yogurt; beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix until smooth. Pour half the batter into prepared pan. Spread half the nut mixture on top; repeat layers.
• Bake for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out almost clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes before carefully turning cake out onto rack. Serve warm with powdered sugar sifted lightly over the top, if desired.

CHOCOLATE ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
• Set aside.
• Beat butter, sugar, honey and almond extract in large mixer bowl until creamy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Gradually beat in flour mixture alternately with milk.
• Stir in 1 cup morsels.
• Divide batter into prepared cake pans.
• In medium bowl add brown sugar and cut in butter or margarine with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in sliced almonds and 1/2 cup morsels.
• sprinkle over batter.
• Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 15 minutes.
• Melt remaining 1/2 cup morsels, butter or margarine and milk in small saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth.
• Drizzle over coffeecake.
• Yummy!

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.

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease a bundt pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the sugar, eggs, butter on low until fluffy.
• Add the almond extract, baking powder, baking soda, flour, sour cream, and chopped white chocolate.
• Continue beating until blended.
• Spoon half the batter into the prepared pan.
• Filling: Combine brown sugar, white chips, and almonds.
• Mix well.
• Carefully spread over batter.
• Spoon remaining batter over filling.
• Bake 1 hr to 1hr and 10 min or until golden brown and done in middle.
• Set cake on a rack to cool for 15 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate.
• Sift powdered sugar over top.
• Serve warm or at warm temperature.