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RASPBERRY & STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

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Prep 25 min. | Total 2 hours 25 min. Serves 8 The name’s a bit misleading: These casual, not-too-sweet cakes aren’t coffee-flavoured, they’re meant to be enjoyed with coffee instead. 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted

1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes

Cake:

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted

1 tbsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup granulated sugar 2/3 cups unsalted butter, at room temperatur­e

2 eggs

2 tbsp lemon zest

1 tbsp orange zest

2 tsp vanilla

2/3 cup milk, divided

1 1/2 cups frozen raspberrie­s

Glaze:

3/4 cup icing sugar 1 tbsp water

1/2 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350F.

Oil or spray a 10-inch tube pan.

2. Combine 2/3 cup flour with 1/2 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup almonds in a bowl. Add 1/2 cup cold butter and work in, using your fingers, until crumbly. Set aside.

3. Stir 2 3/4 cups flour with 1/2 cup almonds, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.

4. Beat 1 cup granulated sugar with 2/3 cup butter in a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium, until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping sides of bowl. Beat in zests and 2 tsp vanilla. Fold in one-third of flour mixture, then half of milk. Repeat additions, ending with flour mixture. Stir in frozen raspberrie­s. Scrape batter into pan, smoothing top. Sprinkle with streusel.

5. Bake in centre of oven until a tester comes out clean, 1 hour. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes, then turn out onto rack. Whisk icing sugar with water and 1/2 tsp vanilla in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over cake. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

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