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When I was in college, the other girls on my floor were often surprised at the things I could do with food. (I was surprised that they couldn’t do the same.) Starting my third year, I did all my own cooking in my room, using a hot pot, hot plate, electric frying pan and toaster oven. (I still use that same toaster oven, but I won’t say how old it is now!)
One thing I liked to make in the toaster oven was coffee cake, using the recipe from the back of the Bisquick box. I would dress it up a bit by adding chopped apple to the batter, and I usually doubled the streusel topping.
I really thought that was the best coffee cake, until I stumbled upon this recipe a few years ago. I think I had some sour cream to use up, and I was looking for something that would do that. This coffee cake is a bit more work than the Bisquick one, and takes longer to prepare, but the result is far better, so it’s worth it.
Although the recipe calls for apples or peaches, I usually make it in the summer time when fresh peaches are available.
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Fruit-Nut Filling (recipe follows)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 ½ tsp. baking soda
¾ tsp. salt
1 ½ cups sugar
¾ cup margarine or butter, softened
3 eggs
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
1 ½ cups sour cream
Streusel Topping (recipe follows)
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two loaf pans, 9x5x3 inches. Prepare filling; reserve. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat sugar, margarine, eggs and vanilla in large bowl on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in dry ingredients alternately with sour cream on low speed.
Spread one-fourth of the batter (about 1 ½ cups) in each pan. Sprinkle each with ¼ of the filling. Repeat layers. Top with streusel.
Bake about 45 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool slightly; remove from pan.
Fruit-Nut Filling
1 ½ cups chopped apples or sliced peaches
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. margarine or butter
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp. salt
½ cup finely chopped nuts, optional
Cook all ingredients except nuts over medium heat, stirring constantly, until fruit is tender. Stir in nuts.
Streusel Topping
1/3 cup Bisquick baking mix
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
2 Tbsp. firm margarine or butter
Mix all ingredients until crumbly.
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