Dutch Butter Almond Coffee Cake

Just out of the oven,

 cooling on the rack in my kitchen

is the 

Butter Almond Cake 

from my Dutch cook book.

Today, I am baking two of them to send to my uncle in Chicago.

His wife past last year and I remember she always made this cake in 

the house just waiting for company to come over.

She was the first one to put on a pot of coffee 

(why don't people put on a pot of coffee anymore)

and serve this truly coffee cake.

It is the simplest recipe ever.

The dough

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 cup butter

1 egg

pinch of salt

Using your handy Kitchen aid mixer,

blend the dough well.

Divide in half and place in either an 8" or 10" spring pan. 

The center

1 can Solo almond paste

Spoon or shave the almond paste and place all over the halved dough.

Taking the other half of the dough, make a ball, smooch it out and 

place on top of the almond paste.  Crimp the sides together.

Bake at 350 for about 50 minutes or until golden brown.

Let cool on rack.

Slice into wedges and put on a pot of coffee.

I wish I had smell-a blog!