Sour Cream-Streusel Coffee Cake

photo by Marz7215


- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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8-10
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1 1⁄4 cups packed brown sugar
- 5 teaspoons cinnamon
- 5 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons dried currants
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup butter, at room temp
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream (not low fat)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1⁄4 cup chopped walnuts
directions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- butter a bunt pan and set aside.
- In a small bowl mix together the walnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, cocoa and currants.
- In a medium bowl sift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder.
- In a large bowl beat the butter and white sugar until well blended.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Mix dry ingredients and sour cream alternately into butter mixture.
- Beat on high for 1 minute.
- Pour 1/3 of the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
- Sprinkle with half of the nut mixture.
- Spoon 1/3 of the batter over the nut mixture, sprinkle with the remaining nut mixture and top with the remaining batter.
- Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the deepest part comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes on a rack.
- Invert pan on the same rack and remove cake.
- Allow to cool for 1 hour then transfer to a serving platter.
- Whisk powdered sugar and milk in a small bowl until smooth.
- Drizzle over coffee cake and sprinkle with nuts.
- Serve warm or at room temp.
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Reviews
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Wonderful coffee cake! The cake was moist and the two layers of streusal was divine. I did add mini-choclate chips instead of the currants. And this time I did not do the icing because I was out of powdered sugar. It was still excellent anyway. The streusal amount I thought was too much so maybe next time I will just half the amounts. This is a keeper, thanks!
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I did a double batch of this for a brunch at work, they were gobbled up in no time flat. OUTSTANDING. Since if was for a brunch, I baked them off as cupcakes, cooked at 375 for about 20 mins. As usual, Di's recipe's kick butt. Besides being a hottie that girl can cook, your man must be one lucky guy :-)
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I am going thru some of my old food magazines to post the ones I want to save and here this one is! This might be one of the best coffee cakes I have ever tasted. I have made this many times, I usually leave out the currants. I saw this in Bon Appetit magazine, Dec. 1998 in their favorite restaurant recipes section, R.S.V. P. (see how long I have been keeping these cut-out recipes? LOL) The original recipe is from Cafe Zenon in Eugune, OR. Thanks for posting as it is no longer on the Bon Appetit website and I would have had to type it all in.
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Wonderful coffee cake! The cake was moist and the two layers of streusal was divine. I did add mini-choclate chips instead of the currants. And this time I did not do the icing because I was out of powdered sugar. It was still excellent anyway. The streusal amount I thought was too much so maybe next time I will just half the amounts. This is a keeper, thanks!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Diana Adcock
Geneseo, Illinois