Raspberry Almond Coffee Cake is a heavenly cake made with layers of raspberries & an almond streusel filling. It's perfect for holiday breakfasts like Easter, Mother's Day or Father's Day. It's also terrific to serve as a dessert.
Generously grease and flour a 10- or 12-inch bundt pan.
In small bowl, combine ¼ cup granulated sugar with 1 heaping tablespoon flour and sliced almonds; mix well.
Set aside.
In a large bowl of electric mixer, at medium speed, beat butter, remaining 1 ½ cups sugar, almond extract, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sour cream.
Stir in flour with a wooden spoon to combine well.
Turn one-third of batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly.
Sprinkle with half the raspberries and half the almond mixture.
Repeat layering of remaining batter, raspberries and almond mixture.
Finally top with last third of batter and smooth the top.
Bake 1 ½ to 2 hours, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack 20 minutes.
Gently remove cake from pan.
Mix powdered sugar and milk until smooth; drizzle over cake.
Notes
NOTE: You will need your largest bundt pan to make this recipe. You may want to put a cookie sheet under the rack with the bundt pan to catch drips.NOTE: I cannot overemphasize enough the need to bake this cake until it is thoroughly done. Some ovens may take as long as 2 hours. Until the knife inserted in center comes out totally clean, the cake is not done. It will come out in clumps unless it is cooked completely. (This cake has a LOT of batter; it will take longer to bake).