Recipe of the Week: Nat's Sour Cream Coffee Cake

December 23, 2011 09:45 by Emily

The following recipe comes from Swift House Inn, a Diamond Collection member in Middlebury, Vermont. The 20-room former governor's mansion is a wonderful place for a New England getaway.

Nat's Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Prep time:  1+ hour

Ingredients:

  • 2 sticks of butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 3/4 cup walnuts or pecans chopped
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup sugar

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Grease and flour bundt pan.
2. Cream the butter and 2 cups of sugar. Add eggs, sour cream, and vanilla. Sift in flour, baking powder and salt. Fold mixture together gently until just mixed. Do not overbeat.
3. In a separate bowl mix together nuts, 3/4 cup sugar and cinnamon.
4. Pour 1/3 of the batter into bundt pan then sprinkle with 1/2 the nut mixture. Pour in another 1/3 of the batter and top with remaining nut mixture. Finish with the remaining 1/3 of the batter.
5. Bake for 60 minutes. Cool completely before removing. May be wrapped and frozen.

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