Sour Cream Coffee Cake

This is one of my mom's classic recipes. It is very delicious and very popular! She even used to make it for a college friend of mine, and when she heard he might be visiting, she made sure she had the ingredients on hand. When my friend didn't show, I encouraged her to make the coffee cake anyway since we were there on vacation and we love it too! The coffee cake is delicious and goes so quickly, with all 10 of us clamoring for breakfast I had to rush to take a picture. "Stop cutting!"

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

1/2 pound butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup walnuts
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and blend well. Alternately add sour cream and vanilla with flour, baking powder and soda. Set aside.

Mix together walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.

Grease and flour angel food or bundt cake pan. Spread 1/2 of batter in pan and sprinkle with 1/2 of nut mixture. Cover with remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining nut mixture.

Bake in 350 degree F oven for 45 minutes. Let cool briefly, then turn out onto serving dish.