Cinnamon swirly, brown sugar-scented, vanilla-laced, sweet powdered-sugar-glazed coffee cakes are the best variety.
This classic Sour Cream Coffee Cake is the perfect offering when paying a visit to a friend or family member. I often made this for my grandparents.
The cake is a welcome addition to any dessert table.
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Medium16
servings30
minutes60
30-40
minutesIngredients
- For the cake
3 cups all-purpose or whole wheat flour
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 ½ tsp. baking soda
¾ tsp. salt
1 ½ cups sugar
¾ cup butter or stick margarine, softened
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1 ½ cups sour cream, at room temperature
- For the brown sugar filling
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup finely chopped nuts (Please note: The Jersey Girl omits the nuts due to her food allergies)
1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- For the vanilla glaze
½ cup powdered sugar
¼ tsp. vanilla
2 to 3 tsp. milk
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom and side of tube pan, 10 x 4 inches, 12-cup bundt cake pan or 2 loaf pans, 9 x 5 x 3 inches, with shortening.
- Make the brown sugar filling by mixing the brown sugar, nuts if using and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- Beat sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally. Beat about one-fourth of the flour mixture and sour cream at a time alternately into sugar mixture on low speed until blended.
- For tube or bundt cake pan, spread one-third of the batter (about 2 cups) in pan, then sprinkle with one-third of the filling; repeat twice. For loaf pans, spread one-fourth of the batter, (about 1 ½ cups) in each pan, then sprinkle with one-fourth of the filling; repeat once.
- Bake tube or bundt cake pan about 1 hour, loaf pans about 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan(s) on wire rack. Remove from pan(s) to wire rack. Cool 20 minutes.
- Make the vanilla glaze by stirring together the powder sugar and milk with a whisk or spoon in a small bowl. Drizzle cake with vanilla glaze. Serve warm or cool.
