Sour Cream Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine, softened
2 3/4 c. sugar, divided
2 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
3 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 c. (16 oz.) sour cream
2 Tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Preparation

In large bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla, then eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
Add sour cream to butter and egg mixture; mix well. Slowly stir in flour mixture until batter is smooth.
Spoon 1/2 of batter into a greased 10-inch tube pan.
Combine cinnamon, nuts and remaining sugar; sprinkle 1/2 over batter in pan.
Spoon in remaining batter and top with cinnamon/nuts mixture.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 50 to 60 minutes until tested done.
Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan.
Makes 16 to 20 servings.