Brown Sugar Coffee Cake

Para_chan's Note:

from The Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 1.0 cake

• 1 cup salted butter , at room temperature
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¾ cup sour cream
• 2 ½ cups flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

Topping

• ½ cup flour
• ¾ cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 6 tablespoons chilled butter
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350º.
2. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs, one at a time.
4. Blend in the vanilla and sour cream.
5. In separate bowl, mix dry ingredients.
6. Fold the dry into wet, until well blended.
7. Butter a 12-inch cast iron skillet.
8. Pour batter evenly into skillet.
9. Topping:.
10. Mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and chilled butter with fingers until well blended. Sprinkle on cake mixture. Sprinkle nuts on top.
11. Bake cake for 35-40 minutes Center of cake should be firm.
12. Serve warm.