A rich, buttery coffee cake with ground almonds and pops of sweet tart flavour from the little grapes that get baked right inside.
Course
Brunch/ Dessert
Cuisine
American
Keyword
almond, angel food cake, grape
Prep Time20minutes
Cook Time1hour
Total Time1hour20minutes
Servings12servings
Calories366kcal
AuthorBarry C. Parsons
Ingredients
1cuptoasted ground almonds
1 1/4cupssifted all purpose flour
1/2tspbaking powder
pinchsalt
1cupbutter
1 1/3cupssugar
1tspvanilla extract
1tspalmond extract
3eggs
1tsplemon zestfinely minced
2cupssmall grapes
Instructions
Grease a 10 inch spring form pan and line the bottom with parchment paper for easy release of the cake after it is baked. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Sift together the ground almonds, flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
Cream together the butter, sugar, vanilla extract and almond extract until light and fluffy.
Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the lemon zest.
Mix in the dry ingredients until the batter is smooth and spread the it evenly into the prepared pan.
Place small grapes all over the surface of the batter about a 1/4 inch (6mm) apart. Any variety of small grape will work or you can use small pitted cherries or large blueberries instead. Do not push them into the batter just drop them onto the surface.
Bake for about 50-60 minutes or until evenly brown on top and a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 20 minutes before releasing the cake and cooling on a wire rack. If you are serving the cake warm, you should still wait the 20 minutes to allow it to settle before cutting.
Recipe Notes
Tip: I toast whole almonds in a preheated 350 degree oven for 5-8 minutes on a cookie sheet. tossing them at least once. I then grind them very finely in a food processor. Be sure to lightly pack the ground almonds into the measuring cup.
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.