sour cream coffee cake

Name: Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 stick(s) butter, softened; 2 cup(s) granulated sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 cup(s) sour cream; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 2 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; ## TOPPING; 1/2 cup(s) finely chopped pecans; 1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 2 tablespoon(s) light brown sugar

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Cherie Hammond

Brentwood, TN

Updated on Jun 28, 2024

This is one of those "generational" recipes! It is my delight to share it with you. It is absolutely delicious... a must for a special holiday. I hope your family will enjoy it as much as ours does.

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Blue Ribbon Recipe

This old-fashioned sour cream coffee cake will transport you back in time. The cake is buttery and tender, while the filling is nutty and full of cinnamon flavor. Enjoy this for a light dessert, afternoon snack, or as part of a brunch. This is a relatively easy coffee cake to prepare, but the finished product will have others thinking you've spent hours on it.

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 15 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Bake

yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 sticks butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
TOPPING
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons light brown sugar

How To Make sour cream coffee cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a tube pan.

Step 2

Cream together the butter, sugar, and eggs in an electric mixer.
Step 3

Then, barely fold in by hand the sour cream and vanilla extract.
Step 4

In a separate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. VERY important to sift!
Step 5

Fold the dry ingredients gently into the batter.
Step 6

Mix together the topping ingredients.
Step 7

Pour half of the batter into the tube pan.
Step 8

Sprinkle with half of the topping.
Step 9

Spoon on the rest of the batter.
Step 10

Sprinkle on the remainder of the topping.
Step 11

Bake for 55-60 minutes until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
Step 12

Cool for several hours and then remove from pan. To serve, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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