Description
This the most incredible coffee cake recipe! I tried this found at recipesource.com. It's a mrs. Fields copycat recipe. I loved this!
Ingredients
- Unsalted Butter
- Sugar
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- Eggs
- All-purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Sour Cream
- Ground Cinnamon
- Light Brown Sugar
- Pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350
- Butter and flour the tube pan
- Make the cake: put the butter and sugar in a bowl and cream together using the electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes
- Scrape down the bowl
- Add the vanilla and eggs, 1 at a time, beating for 20 seconds after each addition
- Scrape down the bowl again
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
- Add this mixture to the butter mixture in thirds, alternating with the sour cream
- Beat for 45 seconds after each addition, and begin and end with the flour mixture
- Pour the batter into the prepared tube pan
- Make the syrup: in a small bowl, stir together the melted butter, sugar, and cinnamon
- Drizzle the syrup over the batter and with the blade of a knife or a skewer, swirl the syrup through the batter
- Make the streusel: in a bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, and pecans
- With a pastry cutter, cut in the butter, a few pieces at a time, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs
- Scatter the streusel over the batter in the pan
- Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean
- Remove the pan from the oven to a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes
- Serve warm or at room temperature