christine's coffee cake
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My friend Christine has already graciously shared some of her recipes. She is a most awesome baker, but for some reason, this is the first baking recipe. She may even be better than the baker-in-residence, but since I'm married to the baker-in-residence, I can't really make this claim.
This is a yummy coffee cake from our last Easter Brunch. It's fluffy, crunchy and not-so-sweet. In a word--perfect.
This is a yummy coffee cake from our last Easter Brunch. It's fluffy, crunchy and not-so-sweet. In a word--perfect.
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Making Streusel (2)
#1 for inside the cake
Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon and half of the brown sugar. Transfer a little more than half a cup to a separate bowl and set aside
#2 for the top of the cake:
Take the remaining dry stuff from #1 and add the rest of the brown sugar. Dump this into the food processor with the butter and pecans. Pulse the food processor until the nuts are broken into little pieces. Go lightly because you want to have a little texture, not paste.
Making Cake
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a bundt or angel food cake pan with Pam. Beat eggs, vanilla and 1 cup of sour cream in a bowl #1. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in your mixing bowl. Add butter and 1/2 sour cream and mix at low speed just until everything is wet, and then beat at medium speed for 30 seconds. Turn the mixer down and add the egg/vanilla/sour cream mixture in three batches, beating for about 20 seconds at a time. Give it one last beat at medium for 1 minute to get it fluffy.
Pour 2 cups of batter into the pan. Smooth over the batter and sprinkle with 3/8 cup of the streusel #1 (no nuts). Add 2 more cups of batter to the pan, smooth it over, and add the rest of streusel #1. Finish off with the rest of the batter and then add streusel #2 over the top of the batter.
Bake at 350 for approximately 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool 30 minutes, say a little prayer, and flip it onto a plate. Streusel side will be down. Take away the pan and re-flip onto a wire rack or serving plate. You're supposed to cool it for a couple of hours, but I have such a weakness for warm out of the oven...
Pour 2 cups of batter into the pan. Smooth over the batter and sprinkle with 3/8 cup of the streusel #1 (no nuts). Add 2 more cups of batter to the pan, smooth it over, and add the rest of streusel #1. Finish off with the rest of the batter and then add streusel #2 over the top of the batter.
Bake at 350 for approximately 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool 30 minutes, say a little prayer, and flip it onto a plate. Streusel side will be down. Take away the pan and re-flip onto a wire rack or serving plate. You're supposed to cool it for a couple of hours, but I have such a weakness for warm out of the oven...