Strawberries And Cream Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 3/4 cups cake flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope fleischmann's fast rising yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon argo baking powder
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon spice islands 100% pure bourbon vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon spice islands 100% pure bourbon vanilla extract
• red food coloring (optional)
• 3/4 cup strawberry jam
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 for cake: combine flour and sugar. cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. set aside 1 cup of crumbs. stir undissolved yeast, baking soda and baking powder into remaining crumbs. combine sour cream and water; heat to very warm (120° to 130°f). stir sour cream mixture, egg and extracts into flour mixture. spread batter in greased 9 x 3-inch round or heart shaped springform pan. set aside while making filling.
• 2 for filling: combine cream cheese, sugar, egg and extracts; beat until smooth. optional: tint to desired shade of pink with red food coloring (about 2 to 3 drops). pour onto prepared cake batter. top with jam and sprinkle with reserved crumbs and almonds. allow to rise in a warm, draft free place for about 30 minutes or until cake almost doubles in height.
• 3 bake in a preheated 350°f oven for 45 to 50 minutes, until golden. cool at least 2 hours. store cake in refrigerator.
• 4 recipe note: the light texture of this cake depends on cake flour. do not substitute all-purpose flour.