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
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Combine ingredients for streusel.
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bundt pan with 1T butter mixed with 1T flour.
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Whisk eggs, sour cream, maple syrup, and vanilla
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Mix flour, sugar, pecans, baking powder/soda, and salt in stand mixer.
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Add butter and half of egg mixture and beat on lowest setting until combined (~15 sec)
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Add other half of egg mixture. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy (~2 min), scraping down bowl once.
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Add 5 cups of batter to bundt pan and smooth surface. Sprinkle streusel on surface. Add remaining batter.
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Bake until done (~60 minutes). Coolin pan on wire rack for 30 minutes and then cool completely (60 min) before adding glaze.