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Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Sour Cream Coffee Cake-sometimes it all about the crumb topping!
 
Sour Cream Coffee Cake-just look at all that crumb topping!
 The holidays are my favorite time of year. Starting the day after Halloween, I can officially get my bake on. Not that I don’t bake all year long but during the holidays, it becomes a family affair. If you come to our house during the holidays, chances are, you’ll end up in the kitchen making up a batch of cookies to take home. They always say everyone gathers in the kitchen. It’s so true. It’s where all the good stuff is.
 
Sour Cream Coffee Cake-just look at all that crumb topping!
 

My kids have been cooking and baking since they could stand on a chair. The kids will dig out their favorite recipes. Each child has a specialty. For my son, he’s the only one allowed to make Buckeyes. The girls both go for the cookies. Mexican Wedding Cookies, Gingerbread Men, Sugar Cookies. There is no end to the baking. I love making cakes. Pound cakes, Coffee cakes, any cake that I can add to a cookie tray.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake-just look at all that crumb topping!

We usually have a cookie baking day. The girls will have friends come over, we’ll throw a little flour on our faces, eat some cookie dough, lick beaters, then when the cookies are done baking, enjoy a few with some ice cold milk. It’s our own private cookie exchange. We’ll package up what’s left in cute containers or holiday plates then deliver our goodies to the bank, to city hall, the police and fire departments. Baked goods just make the best gifts.

Christmas Kids in the kitchen

Everyone has to help clean up too. It’s no fun getting stuck in the kitchen doing all the dishes while everyone else is off playing. Making sure food doesn’t stick is not only important for the quality of the goodies but for ease in cleaning up. Using PAM Cooking Spray makes that easy. Cakes just pop out of pans, cookies slide off trays, and candy doesn’t taste greasy. Did you know that PAM leaves up to 99% less residue buildup than margarine or bargain brand cooking sprays? It ensures that your dishes turn out right with superior no-stick results so you can concentrate on the fun parts of the holidays, not the clean up!

Sour Cream Coffee Cake-just look at all that crumb topping!

This Coffee Cake is perfect for a weekend morning, to take to the office or to leave a slice out for Santa. (I’ve heard from a reliable source that Santa likes more than just cookies. ) Clean slices are a piece of cake making this easy to serve.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Ingredients

for topping

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup softened butter
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

for cake

  • 1 cup softened butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Using a pastry blender or food processor, combine all topping ingredients except nuts until it resembles coarse sand and clumps together. Stir in nuts, if using, and set aside.
  2. Cream butter and sugars together with mixer until smooth and creamy. Add in eggs, one at a time and then vanilla and sour cream.
  3. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture to batter until all combined but do not over mix.
  4. Spoon batter into a 9x13 pan sprayed with Pam, gently spread to cover bottom of pan evenly. Sprinkle topping over batter.
  5. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 45-50 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool before cutting and serving.

Notes

recipe source ChocolateChocolateandmore.com

Sour Cream Coffee Cake-just look at all that crumb topping!

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Comments

  3. Susan says

    I love sour cream coffee cakes, okay I love coffee cakes in general. It’s the crumb topping that gets me. Your cooking baking sessions with the girls reminds me of those days with my mom as a kid when we used to spend all day baking for the holidays.

  8. D SCHMIDT says

    My short cut is making cookies in advance and then freezing them, I also tend to do that with scones, fruit pies and pound cakes as well! I also admit sometimes when I am short on time to using ready made frosting.

  15. jen akers says

    I love too bake all year round.. however during yhe holidays I bake a lot of pumpkin muffins amd cookies. The best recipe of all though is my mamas sugar cookies recipe. We make homemade frosting and the familym loves to decorate them. Its such a joyful time. You are right… all do gather in the kitchen.

  16. Carolyn Tinder says

    I will be making your Sour Cream Cake in a Bundy pan and putting the crumb and nuts in the middle of the cake instead of on top as you have on your sheet cake. My Uncle fixed his sour cream cake that way, but I lost his recipe in our house fire. . I would use your prize to buy more kitchen cookware. Thank you kindly for the recipe and opportunity to win a prize at the same time!

  17. Gloria R. says

    This sounds exactly like the one I was looking for that I made years ago. It will definitely be on the breakfast table this weekend. 🙂

  18. Gloria R. says

    This sounds like the one I was looking for. I made it years ago and we loved it. This will definitely be on my breakfast table this weekend.Thank you. 🙂

  19. Sue Poole says

    Some of the cookies I will be making: thumbprint cookies; a salted caramel shortbread bar; oatmeal tassies; peanut butter brownie cups; and peanut brittle to give as gifts; Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

  28. Andi says

    Hi Joan I haven’t spoken in some time……….So stopping in today to say “hello” and that coffee cake looks great. glad to see that you are still baking/cooking and blogging. Many from my start days are not doing it anymore. Have a great Thanksgiving Pinning that cake Andi thewednesdaybaker

    ps don’t put me in the giveaway I am all set……..but, good luck someone will be very happy to win that visa card.
    But I will be making cookies for sure……………

  32. Kim Henrichs says

    That looks so good!! I’m making chocolate crinkle cookies this weekend, and pumpkin pie next week!!

  34. Teddie says

    Haven’t made a coffee cake since high school, a long time ago, but my favorite one was made with sour cream. This recipe takes me back to those days.

  38. Carla says

    My parents often request coffee cake when I let them decide what I should bake. Totally appropriate for breakfast because coffee is for breakfast 😉

  44. Renee M. says

    I will be baking cookies this holiday season – chocolate chip & peanut butter for sure and maybe some others

  49. Stephanie M. says

    I love coffee cake, and this one looks so delicious. I’ll probably be baking this pretty soon, and usually for the holidays I whip up a batch of my favorite pumpkin cookies.

  52. Margot C says

    Mostly I will be baking pies (apple, pecan, pumpkin) but also myriad cup cakes and several bundts are expected as well (and some mini bundts) – bring on the Pam!

  59. Marianne Sue says

    I’ll be baking cookies and this coffee cake. I’ve wanted to try a coffe cake recipe. My daughter is having some friends over, so today will be perfect.

  60. Samantha says

    I bake all year round. I like making cookies and brownies for the fire dept, where my husband is a lieutenant. This year I am also making cookies and brownies for a cookie exchange at a hospice house. And of course I’ll be baking and candy making for the fire dept gifts! Brownies, mint brownies, dark chocolate cruising oatmeal cookies, soft gingerbread drop cookies, peanut butter balls, etc. I love it all!

  61. Angela M says

    Pies, apple, cherry, pumpkin, & chocolate pudding. Cookies, chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, & sugar cookies. Fudge, chocolate & peanut butter. Thank goodness all of this does not stay in my house!

  63. Erika says

    We have so many Christmas baking traditions- decorated sugar cookies, wreathes made from cornflakes, Chex Mix, etc. 🙂

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  65. Wild Orchid says

    I will be baking lots of sugar cookies.

    Thanks for the chance to win!
    wildorchid985 at gmail dot com

  66. Erika Zavala says

    I cannot wait to try this recipe, sounds super simple. My parents don’t eat chocolate (poor things) so this will be perfect for when they come over 🙂

  67. Danielle F. says

    I always make homemade apple and cherry pie for the holidays.. love making them and my family loves eating them.

  89. Lisa Voyce says

    Since my boyfriend is a hunter, we usually always throw some deer in a crock pot with onions and garlic. Adds a different choice from turkey or ham.

  92. Cindy Merrill says

    This Holiday season, I like to make fruit crisps using apples or blueberries; so delicious at a Christmas brunch or for a late New Year’s eve snack!

  102. Sheila Vives says

    I am going to be baking up this Sour Cream Coffee Cake. It is perfect to serve to our co mpany

  120. Allison Downes says

    I will be baking a pumpkin roll.

    Thank you for the chance to win!

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  142. Lorayne Gothard says

    We are baking my husbands homemade apple pie with his homemade whipped topping. Along with pumpkin pie, cheesecake, and rice and broccoli casserole.

  150. Karen Gonyea says

    The only Holiday baking that I do is the cookies….but I do dozens and dozens and dozens of them and give cookie trays to all of my family and friends 🙂

  165. Beverly Metcalf says

    I’ll have to try this recipe because I love coffeecake and this recipe sounds really good. I didn’t do as much baking this Christmas. I usually make lots of cookies for the local cookie swap, but I didn’t do that this year. I did make some chocolate fudge and a blueberry pie and some sugar cookies, but that was about it this year. Thanks for having this contest.

  175. mickeyfan says

    I got together with 4 friends and we made 14 kinds of cookies/candy and had a total blast. We are already starting to plan for Cookiepalooza 2014. 🙂 My fave was the dark chocolate fudge with sea salt.

  179. Susan Ladd says

    I will be baking cookies and more cookies this holidays season. Thanks for this awesome sweep and have a Happy New Year 🙂

  185. Betty C says

    Unfortunately, no baking for me this year. My oven just died. Usually I make all kinds of cookies and breads.

  193. Anastasia says

    For me, it’s Magic Cookie Bars 🙂 My mom always made them during the holidays when I was a kid and I love to keep that tradition going 🙂

  197. Dora Greece says

    Just made this. Omg it’s perfect.Amazing texture and as sweet as it should be. Thanks for sharing