Coffee Cake ala Brett
Makes 1 Cake
Coffee Cake Ingredients:
1 cup Butter
1 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
2 Large Eggs, well-beaten
1 cup Sour Cream
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract (use the real stuff)
2 cups All-purpose Flour
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
Topping Ingredients:
1 cup Walnuts, chopped
3/4 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Sugar
2 Tbs. Butter
Pre-heat oven to 375-F degrees.
Prepare the coffee cake topping ingredients by
combining all items listed in a small bowl and set aside for use later.
You may want to partially melt the butter for easier mixing.
In a medium mixing bowl, thoroughly cream butter (at room temperature) and sugar.
Add
eggs and blend again.
Add sour cream and vanilla, thoroughly blending all ingredients
again.
Add sifted flour, baking powder, and soda to the batter and blend until creamy.
Pour about half of the coffee cake batter into a lightly greased and floured tube pan.
Sprinkle the top of the batter with about half of the reserved topping mixture, and cover
the filling with the remaining coffee cake batter.
Sprinkle the remaining topping over the coffee cake and bake for about 45 minutes, or
until a cake tester comes out clean from the middle of the ring cake.
Cool slightly and invert the coffee cake over a plate to remove it from the tube pan.
Turn
the cake over to sprinkle the top of the coffee cake
with any of the topping that fell off
during the transition and then finish with
a light dusting of confectioner's sugar while the
cake is still warm.
Store in an airtight container or serve warm.
This can be done just as easy in a square pan.
© 1997 bhastings2@juno.com