Sour Cream Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. shortening
3/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 eggs
2 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 pt. commercial sour cream
6 Tbsp. softened butter or margarine
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Cream shortening, sugar and vanilla thoroughly.
Add eggs singly, beating well after each addition.
Sift flour, baking powder and soda together.
Add to the creamed mixture, alternately with sour cream and blending after each addition.
Spread half of batter in 10-inch tube pan that has been greased and lined on the bottom with wax paper.
Cream butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together.
Add nuts; mix well.
Sprinkle half of nut mixture evenly over batter in pan.
Cover with remaining batter, then sprinkle on remaining sugar mixture.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for about 50 minutes, or until done.
Yield:
One tall coffee cake.