Amazing Raspberry Almond Coffee Cake ~ Perfect summer treat! Not too sweet!

[jennieingram]

*drool!*
Jenn, I'll be over with a gallon of milk in just a minute!
(Yes, I know it's a coffee cake. It's not wise to give me coffee. lol)

It's not wise to give me coffee either!  I have 1/4 cup of coffee and 3/4 cup of milk each morning, to get me moving and awake...   but if I have any more than that, my heart freaks out and threatens to explode.  I shake, especially my hands (not good when you sew for a living) and laugh uncontrollably, frightening my husband and employees.  Milk it is.  Or...  we could have almond milk with the coffee cake when you come over.  It's delicious and would pair so nicely with this cake.  And while this cake is gone, don't worry, I have plenty more frozen raspberries to make more, so c'mon over!

Trying to lose weight and you're NOT helping! Yummmmmm! Maybe I can make some modifications, like whole wheat flour and yogurt instead of sour cream....or maybe I just won't make it at all. I'd probably want to eat the WHOLE thing!  (read that as )drooling, not crying! LOL!

You can *TOTALLY* use fat free sour cream and cholesterol free egg product.  I do all the time!  Just trust me about the butter, and not margarine.  You don't want to swap the calories in the butter for the chemicals in the margarine though.  Trust me.  Or at least trust Alton Brown, and his episode of Good Eats, "A Case for Butter".  And remember, it's only 1/4 cup.   

[meleriffic]

That looks and sounds so good!

[Kurtzie]

yummmm!! 

[craftewoman]

I would use the butter anyway. Hydrogenated fats are worse for you than saturated. A little butter now and then doesn't hurt. It's when you eat it every day that it damages your arteries. I usually swap olive oil, or canola for the butter in most recipes.

[fluffysam]

i'll be doing this with the surplus of blackberries from my backyard! thanks so much!

[jennieingram]

i'll be doing this with the surplus of blackberries from my backyard! thanks so much!

Yay!  I never thought to mention that I've made this with blackberries too, and it is WONDERFUL!

[bunsenhoneydew13]

Thanks for sharing the love...that looks so delicious )

[cute_anarchy]

I have now made this twice (with frozen raspberries, exactly as you said to) and the third version is in the oven right now, with strawberries!  Everyone loves it,th goes back for seconds, and then maybe just one more little crumb... It's now my go-to recipe for 'Bring a Dessert' or 'Quick, I need sweet stuff!'. 

Thank you, thank you for sharing such a great recipe!!! 

[MareMare]

Ooh, this looks so good! I love that you say it's not too sweet, I'm not sure if it's a getting older thing or because of my various experiments with eating low sugar or no sugar for a few weeks at a time, but I do not love overly sweet things any more! (holy run-on sentence, batman!)

[Split Needles]

I agree, I can't eat anything that's too sweet so I'm excited to try this out. I've been looking for an awesome coffee cake recipe and I think I've found it! I can't wait to try it out, it looks soooo yummy!