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Seattle's Best Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Source of Recipe


From "Pike Place Market Cookbook"



List of Ingredients



• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  
• 1 cup granulated sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1 Tbsp double-strength coffee or espresso
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1¾ cups sifted flour
  
• 2 tsp baking powder
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• ½ tsp salt
  
• 1 cup sour cream
  
• 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  
• 1/3 cup toasted, chopped hazelnuts
  
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  
• .
  
• Coffee Glaze (recipe follows)
  
• Confectioners' sugar, sifted
  
• Pinch of finely ground coffee (Turkish grind only)
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Take out a 12-cup bundt pan, grease lightly or spray with nonstick corn-oil spray, and set aside.
   
   
2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the butter and sugar together. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well blended. Stir in the 1 tablespoon coffee and the 1 teaspoon vanilla.
   
   
3. Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, and add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, alternating with the sour cream, until well blended. Combine the brown sugar, hazelnuts and nutmeg in a small bowl.
   
   
4. Spread one-half of the batter in the bottom of the bundt pan. Sprinkle one-half of the hazelnut mixture over the batter. Pour remaining batter over top, then finish with remaining hazelnut mixture.
   
   
5. Bake until a toothpick inserted in middle of cake comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Let coffee cake cool on wire rack before removing from pan. Drizzle coffee glaze over cake while still warm. Let cake stand for 15 minutes to absorb glaze. Dust with confectioners' sugar and ground coffee just before cutting and serving.
   
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   COFFEE GLAZE
   
   • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
   • 3 Tbsp double-strength coffee or espresso
   • ½ tsp half-and-half
   • ¼ tsp vanilla extract
   
   Whisk confectioners' sugar, coffee or espresso, half-and-half and vanilla together in small bowl. Drizzle over cake as directed in recipe.
   
   
   -- Seattle's Best Coffee (Seattle, Washington)