Sour Cream Coffee Cake

"This is a WONDERFUL recipe. I first served it at a brunch I held a few years ago. The recipe went over very well, and I received many compliments. This is also a great afternoon snack when you are craving something moist and sweet. Enjoy!"
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Grease 8 inch square pan.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat egg until frothy.
  • Beat in sugar and butter, and cream until fluffy.
  • Add sour cream and vanilla; blend well.
  • Sift dry ingredients together; add to sour cream mixture and blend thoroughly.
  • Pour mixture into greased square pan.
  • For the topping: Mix together all topping ingredients until butter is evenly incorporated.
  • Sprinkle evenly over sour cream mixture.
  • Bake 25-30 minutes until center springs back when touched, or when a cake tester is inserted and comes out with a few crumbs.

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Reviews

  1. This coffee cake is a hit at our house and then some. I just took some over a dear old fella that knows good stuff and he loved this cake. I did top it off with a homemade peach topping. This is a fast, easy cake to make and turns out every time. Thank you for sharing with us!!!!
     
  2. Made this last night; it tastes great but it's incredibly dense. As in, fudge dense. But like the reviewer below me, I never managed to get the sugar/butter mixture into the required fluffy state, which may have caused the texture problem. If I can figure out what caused that problem and avoid it, this will be a great recipe to have on hand.
     
  3. I doubled this and baked it in a 9 x 13 glass pan. While baking, DH said it was driving him crazy because it smelled so good. For whatever reason, I could not get the sugar creamed into a fluffy state, which I think explains why the cake was very heavy. I will make this again, but instead of melting the butter, I will increase it to 1/4 cup at room temp, and decrease the sour cream to 1/2 cup. I'll post the results. The topping was FABULOUS! Thanks for posting, we enjoyed this a lot!
     
  4. I loved how quick this was to prepare & bake! I replaced a half cup of the flour with oat bran and added an extra 1/2 tsp. cinnamon to the topping. The cake was a bit heavy (could be due to the oat bran) but yummy none-the-less......H2B insisted on eating it hot outta the oven!
     
  5. We enjoyed this coffee cake for breakfast this morning. I replaced 1/2 c of the regular flour with white whole wheat flour and added some baking powder to help it rise, just in case. I also added a bit more flour to the topping, and used plain Greek style yogurt rather than sour cream as that's what I had on hand-- worked great. Thanks for the great start to our Sunday!
     
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Tweaks

  1. I loved how quick this was to prepare & bake! I replaced a half cup of the flour with oat bran and added an extra 1/2 tsp. cinnamon to the topping. The cake was a bit heavy (could be due to the oat bran) but yummy none-the-less......H2B insisted on eating it hot outta the oven!
     
  2. Amazing Recipe!!!!! Everyone loved this recipe and it was so easy to make. I substituted oil for the butter in both the cake and topping and used lite sour cream with excellent results. I also doubled the recipe and placed it in a 9x13 inch pan and I'm glad I did because it went very quickly. Thanks Elaine for this great recipe!!! I will definitely make again!
     

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Hi! My name is Elaine. I am still currently in school, but one of my favorite hobbies, along with dancing, is to cook. Ever since I was really young, my mom and I would make everything together, especially cookies, cakes, and all other sweets. My dad always cooked dinners, and has passed down many good tips and wonderful recipes. I work whenever I can as a hostess at a nearby restaurant.
 
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