Sour Cream with Almond Streusel Coffee Cake

Sour cream will make any cake moist and the nutty almond streusel will make this cake a keeper. A hint of cocoa powder and cinnamon will top the chart. Maybe someday, I will make a wedding cake, but for today an easy cake is my favorite.  I am almost down to mastering  with making cake to entertain my family and guests. This recipe is very easy to achieve. As I have mentioned all the time, I am not a baker, but baking a simple cake for friends for in afternoon tea is not hard to do.

Ingredients:
Dry ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Wet Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
1 tbs vanilla
1/2 cup melted butter or vegetable oil
Streusel topping ingredients:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped almonds*
3 tbs cocoa powder
2 tbs cinnamon

Directions:
Use some of the oil or butter to grease and flour a 9 inch cake pan, tube pan, Bundt cake pan, or any kind of cake pan that is available to you.

Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine the streusel topping ingredients and set aside.

Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and sift two times. Make a well in the center.

Combine the wet ingredients in a Vitamix or other blender container and blend for 30 seconds.

Pour the wet ingredients mixture into the dry ingredients mixture. Use a spatula to fold them together. Count to 50 and you’re done.

 

 

Pour half of the batter into a cake pan and add half of the combined streusel topping ingredients into the batter. Pour the other half of the batter and top with the rest of the streusel topping.

Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

 

 

* Any kind of nut of your choice, such as walnut, pecan etc...