Kat's Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• 34 cup butter or 34 cup margarine
• softened
• 1 12 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 12 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups flour (if using self rising flour
• omit baking powder
• baking soda & salt)
• 1 12 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 12 teaspoons baking soda
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 1 12 cups sour cream or 1 12 cups yogurt
• 12 cup packed brown sugar
• 12 cup finely chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 12 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Grease tube pan (10x4) or 2 loaf pans (9x5x3).
3. Combine butter sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
4. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes or 300 vigorous strokes by hand.
5. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt.
6. Alternately mix in dry ingredients and sour cream or yogurt.
7. For tube pan, spread 1/3 of batter (about 2 cups) in pan and sprinkle about 1/3 of filling (about 6 Tbsp), repeat twice.
8. For loaf pans, spread 1/4 of batter (about 1 1/2 cups) in each pan and sprinkle with 1/4 filling (about 5 Tbsp), repeat.
9. Bake for approximately 60 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
10. Cool slightly in pan(s) before removing.