Sour-Cream Coffee Cake

This coffee cake is AMAZING. I’ve made it a few times and it never lasts long.

Time: 1 hour

Serves: 12

Ingredients:

For the Cake:

  • ½cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 1¼ cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1½ cups flour
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1¼ cups sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

For the Topping:

  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • ⅓ cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and generously butter a 9×13 inch baking pan. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  2. In a separate bowl, sift flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with sour cream and vanilla until just combined. Do not overmix. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
  3. Make the topping: Combine sugar, cinnamon, flour and nuts in a small bowl and mix well.
  4. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the cake and bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool, cut into pieces and serve.

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