Sour Cream Coffee Cake

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Mutual gifts cement friendship. ~ Ivorian Proverb

I made a Sour Cream Coffee Cake before I went over to Allie's for her Bulgogi lunch. It has been a while since I made this cake. Since I still have a cup of sour cream in the fridge, I thought I should use it. This goes well with coffee.

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream

Instructions

Heat the oven to 350F and grease a 6-cup tube pan. Mix walnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon to make topping and set aside. Stir or sift flour with baking powder, baking soda, and salt until dry ingredients are well combined. Cream the butter with the sugar until the mixture is light, then beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture in alternate thirds with the sour cream,beating well after each addition. Spoon half the batter into the pan and sprinkle with half the topping, then add remaining batter and sprinkle on the rest of the topping. Bake for 40 minutes without opening the oven, then test fordoneness (a toothpick should come out clean). It may need another 5 to 10 minutes of baking.