Thursday, November 29, 2007

Pecan Coffee Cake

This is a really yummy coffee cake and is slightly altered version this recipe from Allrecipes.com.

INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tbsp melted butter

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350. Grease & flour a bundt pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sour cream, sugar, and eggs, then stir in the vanilla. Fold in the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Spread 1/2 of batter into prepared pan.

To make the Pecan Topping: In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon. Stir in melted butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over cake batter in pan. Pour remaining batter on top. Careful to keep topping in center of batter so it doesn't spill out and stick to the pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

2 comments:

Wendi said...

Angela,

This sounds great! Do you think it would still be good the next morning? I am looking for something to become our traditional Christmas morning meal.

Angela - Life w/ Two Busy Boys said...

Yes, last time I made it - I cooked it at night and served it the next morning. It was great for a few days actually.