Coffee Cake

Hey everybody -

I just got back from Key West... I know, I know, life is so hard...

REMINDER... someone has a birthday coming up. What do you get for the Grandma who's got it all? I'm not entirely sure, but I recently procured an authentic Key Lime Pie recipe... maybe it will make its way into the recipe box!

On to today's recipe. It's Friday (technically), so let's do something sweet to end the week:

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

(recipe by Barbara Fickling)

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1 ts baking soda

1 ts baking powder

pinch of salt

1 1/2 cup sour cream

1 ts vanilla

-Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and beat into cream.

-Sift in dry ingredients gradually, alternating with sour cream.

-Stir in vanilla.

-Pour half the batter into a greased 10" tube pan. Cover with 3/4s of the filling (below).

-Add remaining batter, and cover with remaining filling. Press it lightly into dough.

-Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Filling

1/2 cup sugar

1 ts cinnamon

1 cup chopped nuts.