Almond Crumble Pound Cake

Almond Crumble Pound Cake, This cake is one the most flavor full cake i have made till date. Combination of crunchy almonds with cinnamon makes this cake so aromatic that cannot be explained in words. What most i love about cake prepared in loaf pan is we get good soft center to enjoy the flavors fully. So i hope you will try this and let me know the comments.

Ingredients:

1 ¼ cup of All Purpose Flour/ Maida

½ Cup Sugar

½ Cup Butter

2 Eggs

1 tbsp of Vanilla

1 tsp Baking Powder

3 tbsp Curd

¼ tsp of Salt

Crumble Toping:

1 tsp Cinnamon Powder

3 tbsp Brown Sugar

¼ Cup Sliced Almonds

1 tbsp Maida

1 tbsp Soften Butter

Process:

**Tools Used: Hand Mixer, Spatula, Whisk, Bowl, Loaf Pan.

1) Preheat your oven to 350F. Line loaf pan with parchment paper and keep it aside.

2) In a bowl sieve the flour, Baking Powder, Salt and set aside.

3) In another bowl cream together the Butter and Sugar until the mixture gets fluffy, then add eggs one at a time and beat till the mixture gets lite and fluffy, add in vanilla extract and mix well.

4) Add flour mixture into butter batter slowly alternate with curd.

5) Mix Cinnamon Powder, Brown Sugar, Almonds, Maida, Butter and make crumbly mixture. 

6) Pour half the batter into loaf pan then layer with crumble topping. Again pour rest of the batter and then after spread crumble topping all over evenly.

7) Bake for 50-55 mins, let that cool for 10-15 mins and Enjoy!

Tips:

1) Don't over mix the batter while mixing dry ingredients to wet ingredients.

2) Salted butter can be used, In that case avoid salt.

3) All the ingredients should be at room temperature.