Old Fashioned Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Old Fashioned Sour Cream Coffee Cake is the perfect cake with that first cup of coffee in the morning.



The cake isn't overly sweet and the smell alone will make your mouth water with anticipation, it's hard to wait until it cools to eat this.



This coffee cake is all made from scratch and the sour cream keeps it moist and that streusel topping in the middle is just over the top sensational in flavor.



If you haven't tried making this easy homemade style cake your whole family is in for a treat.



Using all simple pantry ingredients this tender and moist cake can be on your table within an hour and if you love easy recipes try our 4 Ingredient Pumpkin Cake it's so moist and delicious.



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This coffee cake is moist, tender, and bursting with flavors with a yummy addicting streusel.


I always remember that cinnamon smell waking up in the morning and that first scent of coffee that made your mouth water for some.


The name comes from the fact that it is served with coffee, not because it has coffee in it which is always asked by many in my comments.


My mom made this cake often and she loved to bake everything from scratch and this was surely a family favorite recipe.

Ingredients for Sour Cream Coffee Cake

• flour
• butter
• cinnamon
• sour cream
• brown sugar
• white sugar
• baking soda
• baking powder
• salt
• vanilla
• eggs

Tips

1. Always preheat the oven
2. use both baking soda and baking powder in this recipe
3. the butter should be at room temperature
4. line the pan with parchment paper or heavily grease with butter
5. nuts are a great addition to the streusel or pumpkin seeds for food allergies
6. do not overbake this cake and use the toothpick method

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Adapt Away

You can add any dried fruits nuts or even chocolate chips.


One combination we loved was chocolate chips and coconut.


But, whatever cake below you decide to make, they are great plain or with adaptions.


Basic recipes are just that, a guideline to your creativity!

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Yield: 12

Author: Claudia Lamascolo

Old Fashioned Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 55 HourTotal time: 55 H & 15 M

This is an all made from scratch old fashioned sour cream coffee cake layered with streusel. The cake is moist and very delicious with a good cup of coffee or other hot beverage.

Ingredients

• Streusel Center and Topping: 
• 1 3/4 cups flour 
• 1 cup packed light-brown sugar 
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
•  1 teaspoon of any kind of coarse salt (I use pink)
• 1 1/2 sticks cold  butter, cut into small pieces 
• Optional  Additions: 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped toasted pecans or other nuts you prefer,  or substitute nuts for 3/4 cup coconut,
• Place all the above in a bowl using a pastry cutter and blend all together to make a coarse-looking mixture then set it aside.
• Cake Batter:
• 1 stick butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
•  2 cups flour 
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
•  1/2 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1/4 teaspoon  salt 
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 
• 1 cup sour cream

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line a deep pan with parchment paper, I use a 12 x 8 rectangular or 9 x 9 casserole style pan. (You can also use a small bundt pan.)
3. Cream the butter and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
4. Beat in eggs, sour cream, and vanilla.
5. Gently stir in the flour mixture, leavening agents, salt.
6. Just blend this mixture until evenly combined.
7. Spoon half the batter into the pan. 
8. Add the streusel mixture evenly over the batter. 
9. Top with remaining batter, and spread evenly patting down with a spatula.
10. Add the rest of the streusel topping mixture evenly over the top.
11. Bake the cake for around 55 minutes and use the toothpick method in the center to see if it comes out clean.
12. Cool completely before cutting.
13. I store leftovers tightly covered in a plastic container.
14. Note:  This cake can also be glazed with powdered sugar and water icing using 1 cup of powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of milk.

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Disclosure: This recipe was originally shared in 2013. It was edited and re-published in 2021.