Cream Cheese Swirl Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a 10" tube pan.
• 3 in a small bowl, mix chopped nuts, 2 t. sugar, and cinnamon; set aside.
• 4 in another small bowl, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, and lemon juice and mix until smooth. set aside.
• 5 sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl.
• 6 in a large bowl, mix butter and 1 cup sugar until smooth.
• 7 add eggs and vanilla; mix well.
• 8 add sour cream alternately with flour mixture; mix well.
• 9 pour half of the butter into prepared pan. spoon cream cheese mixture on batter to within 1/2" of pan edge. carefully pour remaining batter over cream cheese mixture. sprinkle with nut topping.
• 10 bake for 40-45 minutes.