Cinnamon Coffee Cake

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Arkansas Living magazine

Categories: Sweet Breads

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp. lemon extract
  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 1 Tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup chopped nuts

Directions

  1. Use scalloped 7-cup tube pan or regular tube pan. Butter generously .
  2. In mixing bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in vanilla and lemon extract.
  3. Sift flour, baking powder and soda. Add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
  4. In a small mixing bowl, blend brown sugar, 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar, cinnamon and nuts. Pour half of batter into tube pan. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over batter. Pour in remainder of batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on wire rack. Carefully remove from pan and serve warm.

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