Sour Cream Coffee Cake

This recipe comes from Grandma/Nana/Flo/Mom/Mana.  She said it was one of their favorites more than four decades ago. It is delicious and very similar to a coffee cake available at the Corner Bakery.  She said that the wonderful aroma that fills the house as it bakes is tempting her to try it again!

 

3/4 cup chopped walnuts

3/4 cup sugar

11/2 tsp. cinnamon

Combine in a small bowl and set aside

3/4 cup  butter

1 1/4 cups sugar

3 cups all  purpose flour

1 1/2 cup sour cream

3 eggs

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 

 

Beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and vanilla, beating well.  Combine dry ingredients and add with sour cream.  Beat well.  Grease 10 inch tube pan spread half of batter in pan. sprinkle with 1/2 of nut mixture . spread evenly with rest of batter and sprinkle with rest of nut mixture.  Bake 60 to 65 minutes at 350 degrees until cake pulls away from side of pan.  Cool completely before removing from pan.