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Sunday-Best Coffee Cake

Time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Yield: 12 servings

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Teatime has never felt so welcoming and exciting! Sunday-Best Coffee Cake is the classic cake for brunch, afternoon teatime, or just enjoyed as a sweet breakfast! The cake is tender and golden, with layers of crunchy, nutty, coconut-filled streusel in the center and on top to ensure you never miss all the crunchy sweetness! Sunday-Best Coffee Cake is the best that Sunday has to offer and more!

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Ingredients

  • For the crumb mixture:
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour blend
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup flaked coconut
  • 1 cup pecans or walnuts, toasted and chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, very cold
  • For the cake:
  • 2 cups white flour or gluten-free flour blend
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup sour cream

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2 -Grease a 9x9-inch baking dish or line it with parchment paper.

Step 3 -In a bowl, add 1/4 cup of the flour, the brown sugar, the flaked coconut, the pecans, and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and stir to combine.

Step 4 -Using a cheese grater, grate 1/2 cup of the very cold butter into the flour mixture and combine with a fork until the butter and the dry ingredients are evenly mixed and resemble a dry crumble.

Step 5 -Place the crumble mixture in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Step 6 -In a medium-sized bowl, sift the remaining flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the remaining salt and whisk lightly to combine. Set the flour mixture aside.

Step 7 -In the bowl of a stand-mixer, add the remaining softened butter and beat until light and fluffy.

Step 8 -Add the white sugar slowly to the butter and beat to combine.

Step 9 -Add the eggs, 1 at a time, to the butter mixture and beat after each addition until fully incorporated.

Step 10 -Alternate adding 1/3 of the reserved sifted flour mixture and 1/3 of the sour cream to the butter mixture and beat after each addition until fully incorporated and a batter forms.

Step 11 -In the prepared baking dish, add 1/2 of the batter.

Step 12 -Sprinkle 1/2 of the crumb mixture on top of the batter layer in the baking dish.

Step 13 -Repeat the layers with the remaining batter and then the remaining crumb mixture.

Step 14 -Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes-1 hour.

Step 15 -Transfer the cake in the pan to a wire rack to cool, about 30 minutes.

Step 16 -Serve.

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