Pecan Ripple Ring
Source of Recipe
BH&G Old Fashioned Home Baking
List of Ingredients
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 T baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 3 beaten eggs
- 1 8-oz carton dairy sour cream
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Powdered Sugar Icing (see bottom)
- 1/4 tsp rum flavoring (optional)
Instructions
- Generously grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan.
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the pecans evenly over the bottom. For filling, in a bowl combine the remaining pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Set pan and filling aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in margarine or butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of the dry mixture.
- In another medium bowl stir together eggs, sour cream, milk, and vanilla. Add sour cream mixture all at once to dry mixture. Stir just till moistened. Remove 1 cup of the batter and stir it into the filling.
- Spread half of the plain batter into the prepared pan. Spoon the filling over batter. Then carefully spoon remaining plain batter over filling. Bake in a 325 oven for 45 to 50 minutes or till a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Then ivnert onto a serving plate. Remove pan and cool for 15 minutes more. If desired, stir rum flavoring into the Powdered Sugar Icing. Drizzle icing over coffee cake. Serve warm.
Final Comments
Makes 12 to 16 servings
Powdered Sugar Icing
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla
Milk or orange juice
In a small mixing bowl, combine powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in 1 T milk or orange juice. Stir in additional milk or orange juice, 1 tsp at a time, till icing is smooth and of drizzling consistency.
Drizzle icing over cake, bread, or cookies. Let the cake stand for 2 hours before slicing. Frosts one 10-inch tube cake. Makes about 1/2 cup.
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