Coffee Cake Exceptionale

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups flour (see note)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350.
• 2 grease a 10" tube pan, 12" bundt pan or 2 9x5x3" loaf pans (or spray well with non-stick spray).
• 3 in a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs& vanilla.
• 4 beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• 5 in another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, soda& salt, then mix into the butter and sugar mixture alternately with the sour cream.
• 6 for tube or bundt pan: spread 1/3 of batter (about 2 cups) in pan and sprinkle with 1/3 of filling (about 6 tablespoons); repeat twice.
• 7 for loaf pans: spread 1/4 of batter (about 1 1/2 cups) in each pan and sprinkle each with 1/4 filling (about 5 tablespoons); repeat.
• 8 bake about 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 9 cool slightly in pan (s) before removing.
• 10 to prepare filling: mix brown sugar, nuts& cinnamon.
• 11 *note:if using self-rising flour, omit baking powder, baking soda& salt.