3 almond cake crunchy almond topping Recipes

cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, granulated sugar, shortening (i use golden crisco ), sour milk (milk with 2 tbsp. vinegar or lemon juice works too), mashed ripe banana (i use 1 1/2 cups for a really moist cake), eggs, vanilla, margarine or 1/4 cup butter, light brown sugar, shredded coconut, chopped nuts (i use ground almonds)

sugar, sweet creamy butter, eggs, almond extract, vanilla extract, salt, all-purpose flour, sugar, sliced almonds (not slivered)