Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Nut Streusal

<< Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Nut Streusal is a wonderful dessert for any meal, especially when you have friends and family over for brunch. The streusal topping for this cake is really mouth-watering.

Ingredients for Cake:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. baking soda
• 6 tbsp. butter, softened
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 1/2 tsp. almond or vanilla extract

Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour cream and extract and mix until well blended. Add dry ingredients a cup at a time - stir until incorporated. Set batter aside while you prepare the topping.

Ingredients for Streusal Topping:

• 1/2 cup chopped nuts - (use walnuts, pecans, pistachios - your choice)
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 tbsp. flour
• 3 tbsp. butter, melted
• 1 cup fresh blueberries or raspberries (plus extra berries for garnish over top of baked cake, if desired)

Place nuts, coconut, brown sugar, flour and melted butter in a bowl and stir until blended. Set aside.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with the berries and then, sprinkle the streusal all over the top.

Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.

If desired, garnish centre of baked cake with more berries.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Nut Streusal serves: 8

Recipe adapted from "Favorite Recipes The Costco Way".

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