Make-Ahead Cinnamon Sour Cream Coffee Cake

I love a special breakfast on weekend morning.  This recipe is great because you can make it the night before and just pop it in the oven the next morning.  Even better, the recipe makes two cakes, one for now and one for later.  Freeze the second one for a quick dessert or breakfast later that month.

Contributed by Elizabeth Savoie Dronet, based on the book More Best Recipes 

Makes two 9 inch cakes, each serves 6

Streusel

1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
4 Tbsp butter (1/2 stick), chilled and cut into pieces
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 cup pecans, chopped

Cake

3 cups flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 3/4 cups sour cream
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
7 Tbsp butter, melted and cooled

Method

1.  For Streusel:  Using your fingers or a fork, mix the brown sugar, sugar, flour, butter and cinnamon together until it resembles course meal. Set mixture and nuts aside.

2. For Cake: Coat two 9 inch cake pans with vegetable oil spray. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together in a large bowl.  In a smaller bowl, whisk sour cream, sugars, eggs, and melted butter together. Gently whisk the egg mixture into the flour mixture until it is smooth and well combined.  Do not over mix.

3. Scrape batter into the two greased pans.  Sprinkle nuts on top followed by streusel.  (Mom like to put the nuts on first to help prevent them from burning.)

To Serve: Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. A cake tester should come out clean when cake is done in the middle and tops are golden brown.

To Store: Wrap the pans tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 24 hours or freeze for up to 1 month. Do not thaw before baking. I like to wrap again in foil and write the directions for baking on it with a sharpie. If refrigerated, bake at 350 for around 35 minutes, if frozen around 45 minutes.

If you like coffee cake, you may also like our recipes for Cherry Coffee Cake, Apple Coffee Cake, Jumbo Oatmeal Raisin Coconut Cookies, and Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins.