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sour cream coffee cake

(16 ratings)
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Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Cherie Hammond
@Momma_CC
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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