Thursday, March 22, 2007

Cake Recipie of the Day: Ruth Garrison's Sour Cream Coffee Cake


Here's a classic recipe I found on twisted-candy.com, which is a nice site full of recipes scribbled on index cards and stored tin boxes just like Grama used to have.


Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Mrs. Ruth Garrison.

1 stick margarine
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 pint sour cream
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
Cream margarine and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time - Sift soda, baking powder and flour together - Add alternately with sour cream to mixture. Beat well. Add vanilla.

Topping - Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp. cinnamon - 1 tsp. nutmeg, 1/2 cup chopped nuts. Sprinkle 1/3 of topping into greased angel cake pan. Pour in 1/2 of batter. Sprinkle 1/3 more topping on batter. Pour remainder of batter. Sprinkle rest of topping on top.
Bake at 375 degrees 45 to 60 minutes.

2 comments:

Some Guy said...

My mom makes this, only we call it Aunt Leona's Sour Cream Coffee Cake. It's a fuckin' taste sensation that may or may not be sweeping the nation!

Jen said...

I want some.