Sour Cream Date Coffee Cake

Name: Sour Cream Date Coffee Cake
Ingredients: MAKES ONE 9" CAKE; There are more than 1,500 varieties of dates grown in the world today. The most widely used date in the United States is the medjool, with soft, rich flesh tasting of caramel and molasses. This recipe is an adaptation of one in Rick I. Heetland's Dat; FOR THE TOPPING:; 2 1⁄4 cups medjool dates, pitted and chopped; 6 tbsp. sugar; 1⁄2 cup flour; 1⁄2 tsp. ground cinnamon; 4 tbsp. butter, cut into small pieces; 1⁄2 cup shelled pecans or walnuts, chopped; FOR THE CAKE:; 7 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened; 1 1⁄2 cups flour; 3⁄4 tsp. baking soda; 3⁄4 cup sugar; 1 whole egg plus 1 egg yolk; 1⁄2 tsp. vanilla extract; 1⁄2 cup sour cream

Sour Cream Date Coffee Cake was pinched from <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Sour-Cream-Date-Coffee-Cake" target="_blank">www.saveur.com.</a>

INGREDIENTS

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MAKES ONE 9" CAKE

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There are more than 1,500 varieties of dates grown in the world today. The most widely used date in the United States is the medjool, with soft, rich flesh tasting of caramel and molasses. This recipe is an adaptation of one in Rick I. Heetland's Dat

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FOR THE TOPPING:

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2 1⁄4 cups medjool dates, pitted and chopped

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6 tbsp. sugar

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1⁄2 cup flour

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1⁄2 tsp. ground cinnamon

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4 tbsp. butter, cut into small pieces

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1⁄2 cup shelled pecans or walnuts, chopped

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FOR THE CAKE:

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7 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened

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1 1⁄2 cups flour

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3⁄4 tsp. baking soda

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3⁄4 cup sugar

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1 whole egg plus 1 egg yolk

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1⁄2 tsp. vanilla extract

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1⁄2 cup sour cream

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