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Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe


Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe
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Deborah from Taste and Tell blog found this recipe in the Barefoot Contessa Parties! Cookbook. I made this and could not believe how much flavor along with just how moist this coffeecake is! This is one of those coffeecakes that you can nibble on ... More

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Creaming the Butter


Ready to Layer


Fresh out of the Mol


Making the Glaze


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Ingredients
  • Cake:
  • 12 T. unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 c. sugar
  • 3 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 t. vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 c. sour cream
  • 2 1/2 c. cake flour (not self-rising)
  • 2 t. baking powder
  • 1/2 t. baking soda
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • For the Streusel:
  • 3/4 c. light brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 t. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 t. kosher salt
  • 3 T. cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 3/4 c. chopped walnuts (optional)
  • For the Glaze:
  • 1 c. powdered sugar
  • 5 T. real maple syrup

Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
  2. Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for 4 to 5 minutes, until light. Add the eggs 1 at a time, then add the vanilla and sour cream. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, add the flour mixture to the batter until just combined. Finish stirring with a spatula; to be sure the batter is completely mixed.
  3. For the streusel, place the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, and butter in a bowl and pinch together with your fingers until it forms a crumble. Mix in the walnuts, if desired.
  4. Spoon half the batter into the pan and spread it out with a knife. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup streusel. Spoon the rest of the batter in the pan, spread it out, and scatter the remaining streusel on top. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
  5. Let cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes. Carefully transfer the cake, streusel side up, onto a serving plate. Whisk the confectioners' sugar and maple syrup together, adding a few drops of water if necessary, to make the glaze runny. Drizzle as much as you like over the cake with a fork or spoon.

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I can't wait to make this. Am thinking Mother's Day brunch! What a great pan! I have been eyeing those for a few years now but haven't bought one yet ... maybe this is just the excuse I needed to take a trip to Williams Sonoma and buy 1 (or 2 lol)!?!


Yours looks beautiful! I'm going to make this, hope it turns out as well. I too now have an excuse to buy this pan, like I needed an excuse!!


Very good looking coffee cake. I have a recipe similar to this...but a little different. Im anxious to try this one out soon. Thank you for the great pictures and the wonderful tasty recipe!


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