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sour cream coffee cake

(16 ratings)
Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Cherie Hammond
Brentwood, TN

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.

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 @kitchencrew
(16 ratings)
yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For sour cream coffee cake

  • 2 stick
    butter, softened
  • 2 c
    granulated sugar
  • 2 lg
    eggs
  • 1 c
    sour cream
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 2 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • TOPPING
  • 1/2 c
    finely chopped pecans
  • 1/2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 2 Tbsp
    light brown sugar

How To Make sour cream coffee cake

  • Grease and flour a tube pan.
    1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a tube pan.
  • Cream together butter, sugar, and eggs.
    2
    Cream together the butter, sugar, and eggs in an electric mixer.
  • Fold in sour cream and vanilla extract.
    3
    Then, barely fold in by hand the sour cream and vanilla extract.
  • Sift dry ingredients.
    4
    In a separate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. VERY important to sift!
  • Fold in dry ingredients.
    5
    Fold the dry ingredients gently into the batter.
  • Mix together the dry ingredients.
    6
    Mix together the topping ingredients.
  • Pour half the batter into the pan.
    7
    Pour half of the batter into the tube pan.
  • Sprinkle half of the topping.
    8
    Sprinkle with half of the topping.
  • Add the remaining batter.
    9
    Spoon on the rest of the batter.
  • Sprinkle on the topping.
    10
    Sprinkle on the remainder of the topping.
  • Bake the coffee cake.
    11
    Bake for 55-60 minutes until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
  • Cool the coffee cake.
    12
    Cool for several hours and then remove from pan. To serve, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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