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An old familiar coffee cake that everyone just loves.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Evenly brush a 10-inch (12-cup)
Bundt
®
-type tube pan with 2 tablespoons softened or
melted butter. Place walnuts in a small bowl with the
½ cup granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon
to make the streusel and stir to combine. Reserve.
To make the cake batter, place the fl our, baking powder,
baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir well to
blend. Reserve.
Place the butter and sugar in the Cuisinart
™
mixing bowl.
Insert the fl at mixing paddle. Turn to speed 4 and mix
until soft and light, about 5 minutes, stopping to scrape
the bowl and paddle about every 2 minutes. Add the
eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth after each egg
has been added. Scrape the bowl and paddle. Mix on
speed 4 for 30 seconds.
Reduce the stand mixer to speed 1. Add
1
⁄
3
of the fl our
mixture followed by ½ of the sour cream, and the vanilla.
Mix 30 seconds. Stop and scrape the bowl and paddle.
Add another
1
⁄
3
of the fl our mixture and the remaining
sour cream. Mix for 30 seconds. Stop and scrape the
bowl and paddle. Add the remaining fl our mixture and
mix for 30 seconds. Scrape the paddle and remove the
bowl from the stand mixer. Using a large rubber spatula,
scrape the bowl and give the batter a quick stir by hand.
Sprinkle about ¼ cup of the streusel into the prepared
pan. Top with a scant half of the batter, and sprinkle with
about
2
⁄
3
of the remaining streusel. Cover with the
remaining batter and smooth over the top. Sprinkle with
the remaining streusel.
Bake in the preheated 350°F oven for 55 to 60 minutes,
until a cake tester comes out clean when inserted
midway between the sides of the pan and the inner
tube. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes, then
turn out on the wire rack and remove the pan to cool.
Let cool completely before slicing. To keep, wrap in plas-
tic wrap. The cake may be double wrapped and frozen
to store for a longer period of time.
Variation: Add about ¾ cup mini chocolate morsels to
the fl our mixture.
unsalted butter for pan
Streusel:
1
cup coarsely chopped walnuts
½
cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon
cinnamon
Cake:
2¼ cups unbleached all-purpose fl our
1
tablespoon baking powder
1
teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon
salt
¾
cup unsalted butter, at room
temperature, cut into 1-inch pieces
1½ cups granulated sugar
3
large eggs, at room temperature
1½ cups sour cream
1
tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Makes 10-inch Bundt
®
-type cake, 12 to 16 slices
sour cream
cinnamon walnut streusel coff
ee cake