Almond Streusel Cake

By Addie

Feeling very much in the mood for something fresh-baked today, I poked around on my cookbook shelf until my eyes fell upon this forgotten gem. A tattered old recipe card from—gracious, could it be?—the first year of my marriage! An oldie (like me) but a goodie.

This coffee cake is dee-licious, friends. So moist! So yummy! Bake it up, you won't regret it. Better yet, have your hubby make it for you.

Ingredients

• Streusel:
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup sliced almonds (more or
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 Tablespoons melted butter
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
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• Cake:
• 1 stick butter, softened.
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla (I always use more!)
• 2 ups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup orange juice
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• Glaze:
• 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons orange juice

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 65mins
Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9- or 10-inch tube pan. (Otherwise known as an angel-food cake pan.)

2. Mix your streusel together in a bowl until it’s crumbly.

3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and then add the orange zest & vanilla.

(Don’t skip the orange zest! Just…don’t. Get a zester if you have to—they’re cheap—and then chop up the strips into bite-sized bits.)

(Trust me. The chopping is both fun and therapeutic.)

4. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Alternately add the flour mix and the orange juice into your egg mixture, beginning and ending with the flour.

5. Spoon half of the batter into your prepared pan. Sprinkle with half the streusel. Top with the remaining batter and streusel.

6. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Meanwhile, prepare the glaze.

7. Carefully turn the cake out onto a serving plate and drizzle with the cake.

8. Serve with coffee, tea or cold milk…or cut off a piece and eat it right there. You deserve some pampering, Mom!