shore@adobe (Andrew Shore) (03/14/86)
Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE COFFEE-CAKE-1 D "23 Feb 86" 1986 .RZ "SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE" "Coffee cake with cinnamon and sour cream" I got this recipe from my mom. She got it, I think, from my godmother. All of us kids in the family make it now. It is an unusual coffee cake, good to have with morning coffee or as an evening dessert. Enjoy it. .IH "Fills 10 inch tube pan" .IG "\(12 cup" "shortening" .IG "\(34 cup" "sugar" .IG "1 tsp" "vanilla" .IG "3" "large eggs" .IG "2 cups" "flour," sifted .IG "1 tsp" "baking powder" .IG "1 tsp" "baking soda" .IG "\(12 pint" "sour cream" .IG "6 Tbsp" "butter," softened .IG "1 cup" "light brown sugar," firmly packed .IG "2 tsp" "cinnamon" .IG "1 cup" "chopped nuts" (walnuts or pecans) .PH .SK 1 Prepare a 10 inch tube pan. I use one with a removable center. Grease the pan and cut a circle of waxed paper to cover the bottom. .SK 2 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. .SK 3 Cream shortening, sugar, and vanilla, thoroughly. .SK 4 Add eggs\(emsingly\(embeating well after each addition. .SK 5 Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda together. .SK 6 Add flour mixture and sour cream to creamed mixture. Alternate a little of each, blending after each addition. .SK 7 In separate bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon together. Add nuts and mix well. .SK 8 Spread \(12 of the batter in the tube pan. .SK 9 Sprinkle \(12 of the nut mixture evenly over batter in pan. .SK 10 Cover with remaining batter. .SK 11 Sprinkle with remaining nut mixture. .SK 12 Bake in preheated oven for about 50 minutes. .NX When the cake cools, run a knife around the side of the pan and remove the inner section. Carefully remove the cake from the base of the pan and remove the waxed paper. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: moderate. .I Time: 45 minutes preparation, 50 minutes baking, 10 minutes cooling. .I Precision: measure carefully. .WR shore@adobe.UUCP (Andy Shore) Adobe Systems Incorporated, Palo Alto, California