This Lemon Almond Crumb Cake is fantastic! Moist, lemon-zest-studded cake topped with a buttery brown sugar and almond streusel and a lemon glaze.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr15 minutesmins
Course: Cakes/Cupcakes, Dessert
Cuisine: American, Dessert
Servings: 8-10
Author: Hayley Parker, The Domestic Rebel
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Ingredients
FOR THE STREUSEL:
2cupsbrown sugar
2¼cupsall-purpose flour
Zest of half a lemon
1cup(2 sticks) unsalted buttermelted
Pinchsalt
1½cupsslivered almonds
FOR THE CAKE:
3/4cupbuttersoftened
1cupsugar
2large eggs
1tspvanilla extract
1/2tspalmond extract
1/2cuplemon juice
1cupfull-fat sour cream
2cupsall-purpose flour
1¼teaspoonbaking powder
1/2tspbaking soda
Pinchsalt
Zest from 2 lemons
FOR THE GLAZE:
2cupspowdered sugar
2-3Tbsplemon juice
1tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Liberally grease a 9" round springform pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In a medium bowl, prepare your streusel: combine the brown sugar, flour, lemon zest, melted butter, slivered almonds, and pinch salt together until clumps of streusel form. Set aside.
To make the cake: Cream together the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla, almond extract and lemon juice. Beat in the sour cream, flour, baking powder & soda, salt and the lemon zest until a thick batter forms. Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Top with all of the streusel. It will seem like a LOT of streusel, but use all of it!
Bake for approx. 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean or with moist, not wet, crumbs. Cool completely.
Just before serving, make the glaze. In a small bowl combine the powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over the top of the cake before cutting into wedges.