Pecan Sour Cream Coffee Cake

(from kwadswor’s recipe box)

Source: Cook's Issustrated

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Serves 12 people

Categories: Breakfast, Coffee Cake

Ingredients

  • Streusel
  • 2.5 oz (1/2 cup) pecans; toasted, cooled, and ground fine
  • 3 T dark brown sugar
  • 1 T flour, A.P.
  • 1 t ground cinnamon
  • Cake
  • 16 T (2 sticks) unsalted butter, 1/2" pieces, room temperature
  • 1 T melted butter for pan
  • 15 oz (3 cups) flour, A.P. + 1 T for pan
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1.75 cups sour cream
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1.5 T vanilla extract
  • 8.75 oz (1.25 cups) sugar
  • 2.5 oz (1/2 cup) pecans; toasted, cooled, and ground fine
  • 1.5 T baking powder
  • 1.25 t baking soda
  • 1 t table salt
  • Glaze
  • 1 cup confectionars sugar
  • 2 T milk
  • 1 T maple syrup, or 1 t instant coffee in eater, or 1/2 t ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. Combine ingredients for streusel.

  2. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bundt pan with 1T butter mixed with 1T flour.

  3. Whisk eggs, sour cream, maple syrup, and vanilla

  4. Mix flour, sugar, pecans, baking powder/soda, and salt in stand mixer.

  5. Add butter and half of egg mixture and beat on lowest setting until combined (~15 sec)

  6. Add other half of egg mixture. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy (~2 min), scraping down bowl once.

  7. Add 5 cups of batter to bundt pan and smooth surface. Sprinkle streusel on surface. Add remaining batter.

  8. Bake until done (~60 minutes). Coolin pan on wire rack for 30 minutes and then cool completely (60 min) before adding glaze.

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