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    Mendocino Streusel Coffeecake


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    List of Ingredients




    STREUSEL:
    3/4 cup packed brown sugar
    1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
    2 tablespoons fine instant coffee powder
    3 tablespoons cocoa powder
    1 cup finely chopped walnuts
    Stir brown sugar with cinnamon, coffee powder, cocoa and walnuts; set aside.

    COFFEECAKE:
    2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
    1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temperature
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
    3 eggs
    1 pint sour cream
    Confectioners' sugar

    Recipe



    Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Have ready a buttered and floured 10-inch Bundt pan, or coat it with a nonstick cooking spray. Stir flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter with an electric mixer
    until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and sugar; beat mixture 3 minutes. Add eggs and beat at high speed 5 minutes, until mixture is light and creamy.
    Alternately add flour mixture in 3 additions, using lowest speed of mixer, and sour cream in 2 additions, beating only until smooth after each addition.

    Spread a thin layer of batter in bottom of prepared pan. Sprinkle with 1/3 of streusel mixture. Continue making these layers until there are 4 of batter and 3 of slreusel. The top layer should be batter and it should be
    thin. Bake coffeecake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Take it out of oven to a rack and let cool 5 minutes in pan.
    Turn cake out of pan and sprinkle with sifted confectioners' sugar before serving.

    Servings: 12 to 16


 

 

 


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