Swedish Almond Coffeecake is a scrumptious pastry made with lightly sweet yeasted bread and filled with luscious almond filling. This is a eggfree recipe.
I am starting a brand new week of blogging today. This week I am combining Blogging marathon and Bake-a-thon events. I didn’t realize what I was getting into when I signed up for both of them. Last week was literally a circus trying to cook, click and post (AND there was Bread Bakers too).
Today I have an absolutely delicious Swedish Almond Coffeecake recipe that is very scrumptious and addictive.
Cook by Capital:
My theme for this week’s blogging marathon is ‘Cook by Capital’. Theme sounds simple enough, but the challenge that Valli gave us made it slightly challenging. So first we pick a capital - so I picked Stockholm which is in Sweden.
For the next 2 days I have pick 2 more capitals that start with the letter S and cook from the respective countries. You will have to wait and see what other countries I picked for the next couple of days.
Swedish Baked Goodies:
I love baked treats from Sweden and I have quite a few that I want to bake. Swedish cinnamon rolls are on the top of that list - hopefully I will get to bake them soon enough. I also want to try my hand at making Princess cake which is a very elaborate Swedish pastry.
Swedish Almond Coffeecake:
But for today I ended making this Swedish Almond Coffeecake - recipe courtesy from my favorite King Arthur flour site. Swedish almond coffee bread/ cake is a Christmas tradition in Sweden.
It is traditionally it is either braided or made in a wreath form. Cardamom flavored sweet yeast dough is filled with creamy almond filling and then shaped and baked to make this scrumptious Coffeecake.
This version of the coffee cake has an interesting shape and is quite a show stopper. Shape of my bread didn’t turn out as impressive as the original version, but it tasted absolutely amazing.
The almond filling tasted like badam halwa and I loved it. It tasted great warm and the leftovers also were good warmed lightly in microwave.
Here's another delicious Swedish bake traditionally made for the holidays - Swedish Cardamom Bread.
Swedish Almond Coffeecake Recipe
Ingredients
For the Dough:
- 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter
- ¼ cup Sugar
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¾ cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
- 2 tsp Instant Yeast or Active Dry Yeast
- 1 tbsp Egg Replacer whisked with 3tbsp water
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tsp Ground Cardamom
- 2 cups All purpose flour
- 1 cup Wholewheat flour
For the Almond Filling:
- 1½ tsp Egg replacer whisked in 1½ tablespoons Water
- ⅓ cup Sugar
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- 1½ cups Almond flour or ground almonds
- 4 tsp All purpose flour
- 2 tbsp Melted Unsalted butter
- ⅛ tsp Almond extract
- 2~2½ tsp Milk
For the Egg(free) Wash:
- 2 tbsp Almond Milk
- 2 tsp Agave Nectar
Glaze:
- ½ cup Confectioner's Sugar
- 1 tbsp Milk
- ⅛ tsp Almond extract
- As needed Toasted Almond slices, for garnish
Instructions
Make the Dough:
- In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar and salt. Bring milk to a simmer and add to the mixing bowl. Stir and allow to cool for a few minutes.
- When the mixture has cooled, stir in yeast, egg replacer mixture and vanilla. Add the flour and ground cardamom and mix until a soft dough forms. Knead for about 6 minutes in a mixer or 8 minutes by hand. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes~1 hour.
Make the Filling:
- In a mixing bowl, combine egg replacer mixture, sugar and salt. Whisk well and add the almond flour and flour.
- Add the melted butter, almond extract and 2 tsp milk. The filling should be thick and spreadable like peanut butter. Add more milk to achieve the desired consistency.
Assemble:
- Roll out the dough on a lightly greased surface into a 20"~24" wide and 10" long rectangle. Spread the filling over the dough in a thin layer, leaving a 1" of both long edges uncovered. Roll up the dough from one long edge to the other, pinching it together to seal it.
- Transfer the dough onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet, seam side down, and form into a circle, tucking one end inside the other. Pinch this seam together. It should be a circle of about 4" diameter.
- Slice the dough from the outside edge ¾ of the way through, leaving the center intact. Repeat in 1½" increments all the way around the dough.
- Turn the slices on their sides, pulling every other one to the inside of the circle. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise until puffy, about 45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a small bowl, whisk together almond milk and agave. When the dough has risen, brush it generously with the egg (free) wash and bake for 24~26 minutes or until golden brown and the center reads 190°F when measured with a digital thermometer. Remove from the oven and let cool on a rack.
Make the Glaze:
- Combine confectioner's sugar, milk and almond extract in a small bowl. Drizzle over the slightly warm coffeecake. Sprinkle with toasted almonds and enjoy.
- Leftover coffeecake, stays fresh, well-wrapped for 3 days at room temperature or freeze up to 3 months.
Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked today for BM# 95.
Check out the other bloggers doing this Bake-a-thon.
Priya Suresh
Swedish almond coffee cake looks absolutely gorgeous and very nutty, i would like to have some with a cup of coffee as my dessert. Dont worry about the shape, its looks wonderful Pavani.
Danielle Wolter
I seriously am in love with anything almond. This is a great recipe. beautiful photos. can't wait to try this out!
Claudia Lamascolo
I love coffeecake and almond will put this over the top delicious! I wish I had some right now with my coffee!
Usha
Wow, beautiful almond coffeecake!! It is quite a challenge doing multiple events at a time and it is wonderful that you could club both the events and do just one post.
Vaishali Sabnani
Wow ! That’s a unique coffee cake ! It looks fantastic , and I would love to enjoy this ! I know one does need to be clever to work on two events at one go , and you definitely have met the challenge beautifully !
Awesome coffee cake !
Priya Srinivasan
That coffee cake looks delicious pavani, i too signed up for too many things this month!!! Somehow managed to cook the same for BM and bake-athon. Same pinch on theme!!!
With that glaze and crunchy almonds, it looks very festive!!! Pretty bake!
Mahy Elamin
This is a good idea and amazing recipe too. Something very unique and colorful. Need to try it out.
Suma Gandlur
I have been picking dishes that suit both BM and bakeathon too since I have been as unprepared as I can be this month. The coffeecake looks and sounds lovely with that almond filling. Nice pick to suit both the events.
Cheese Curd In Paradise
My family is Swedish and I have enjoyed similar breads like this one. They are perfect in the morning. Lightly sweet and nutty flavors from the almonds!
Tracy
This is beautiful! Hey, isn't December about over indulgence and over planning / booking yourself anyway? ;P Glad it brought out this recipe - it's delicious!!
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth
I really admire all of you who are doing the bakeathon and marathon at the same time. First of all, time is a major constraint, and then I know I won't be able to keep up with it , then why take it? Hehe... I was expecting a cake, and then I see such a pretty looking roll, and when you say "almonds", I am flat over it! That looks really amazing to have with a cup of black coffee... yum!
Marisa Franca
This is no ordinary coffeecake! This is a delicious yeast bread that would be perfect Christmas morning. The cake is absolutely beautiful and it would be just as much a gift for the family as anything else. I can just imagine the wonderful aroma as it bakes. YUM!
Swati
Beautiful Bake!! I must try this soon, though I went thru the recipe many times on King Arthur's site.. .. perfect for Christmas time or any festive occasion!!
April
This cake looks so delicious and festive. I can imagine the mood it will set when my guests see it on the table. And I am talking about Christmas parties of course! Definitely need to give this one a try!
Gayathri Kumar
Who said that the shape is not good. It looks wonderful Pavani. I just couldn't stop looking at the cake. The almond filling sounds wonderful too.
Nalini
Super tempting and delicious coffee cake,the shape looks good Pavani.I tried the wreath shape once and finally ended up in a mess.Yours look neat and elegant.
Kalyani
nice, elegant cake Pavani... these would be so pretty at a party table, and although I dnt drink coffee or tea, I somehow Like a mild coffee flavour in a few bakes... I might try this flavourful cake, in a different shape though...
Natalie
Looks so delicious and perfect for Christmas morning!
Sharmila
This sounds like a delicious and tempting cake for coffee and almond lovers!! Photos are so good.
Ritu Tangri
Oh! This is torturous Pavani! Such a delicious looking cake and I can't eat it....Isn't it a torture? Never mind, You have explained it so well, I can make it myself 🙂 Beautiful clicks