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.
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.
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!
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
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
- 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.
- Cream butter and sugars together with mixer until smooth and creamy. Add in eggs, one at a time and then vanilla and sour cream.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture to batter until all combined but do not over mix.
- Spoon batter into a 9x13 pan sprayed with Pam, gently spread to cover bottom of pan evenly. Sprinkle topping over batter.
- 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
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This post was sponsored by Pam and Blogher but all opinions are my own.
Mallory @ Because I Like Chocolate says
I love the simplicity of this, I always find that sour cream makes for the moistest cakes!
teresa sulyok says
i will be baking stollen and sugar cookies and many other traditional family recipes.
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
I LOVE a good coffee cake and yours looks perfect and classic and SO delicious!
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.
Lisa Brown says
i will be baking up pies and cookies this season
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elis689 says
I will be baking cookies
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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.
D SCHMIDT says
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Ashley H says
I’m going to make gingerbread.
Mami2jcn says
I’m going to be baking apple pie and pumpkin pie!
Mami2jcn says
tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/403329031535198208
Carrie says
I’m getting my daughter to make this next week for Thanksgiving morning. This looks perfect!
You’re the bomb, Joan!
cw says
I love to do a makeahead egg/ham casserole for xmas day and sticky buns!
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.
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!
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. 🙂
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. 🙂
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!
courtney b says
sugar cookies and probably just a couple pies 🙂