Almond Butter Coffee Cake

Name: Almond Butter Coffee Cake
Total time: P1H30M
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: sugar; salt; vegetable shortening; milk; yeast, compressed; eggs; flour; mace; cardamom seeds

Submitted by bete

You will go nuts over this scrumptious cake that is decadent to the last slice. Just make sure your family doesn’t eat it all in one night!

YIELD

24 servings

PREP

45 min

COOK

45 min

READY

90 min

Ingredients

CUP SUGAR

TEASPOON SALT

CUP VEGETABLE SHORTENING *

CUP MILK
scalded

EACH YEAST, COMPRESSED *

EACH EGGS

3 ½

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
sifted

1/16

TEASPOONS MACE

1/16

TEASPOONS CARDAMOM SEEDS

Directions

Add sugar, salt and shortening to milk and cool to lukewarm. Add crumbled yeast and let stand 5 minutes. Add egg and 1 ¾ cups flour; beat well. Add remaining flour sifted with spices; then knead well. Let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1½ hours. Knead down and let rise again. Shape into 2 coffee cakes and place in greased pans. Let rise 15 minutes.

Spread almond mixture on top and let rise until doubled in bulk. Bake in a 375℉ (190℃) oven for 45 minutes.

Makes 2 cakes.