Sour Cream Coffee Cake

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake
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Lightly grease an 8x8-inch baking pan with the butter or spray with vegetable oil, and dust the bottom and sides with 2 to 3 tablespoons of flour.
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In a large bowl, mix together the sour cream, flour, sugar, baking powder and milk until smooth.
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Pour the batter into the baking pan and spread evenly.
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Sprinkle the fruit on top of the batter.
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Make the topping. Place all ingredients in a small bowl...
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...and, using your fingers, work the butter into the flour and sugar.
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Sprinkle the topping over the fruit, and bake in the oven until the cake has risen, the topping is crisp and golden brown, and a cake tester or knife inserted in the middle come out clean.

Text, photos and food cooked by Michal Martinek

Sep 18, 2015

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake

This recipe should be filed under Baking 101 or Coffee Cakes for Beginners. It’s that easy—five everyday ingredients, plus some fruit and topping. A four-year-old could do it. But it is really good, too—moist and dense, with a middle layer of fruit that sinks nicely into the dough, and a top layer that adds a sweet, buttery, crunchy texture.

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Serves 6–8
Butter or vegetable oil spray to grease the pan
2 cups sour cream
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra to dust the pan
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
4 tablespoons milk
2½ cups fresh or frozen berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries or mixture thereof)
Topping
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
¼ cup brown sugar
6 tablespoons butter, cut into ½-inch cubes
1 teaspoon cinnamon

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease an 8x8-inch baking pan with the butter or spray with vegetable oil, and dust the bottom and sides with 2–3 tablespoons of flour. Tap out the excess flour.

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In a large bowl, mix together the sour cream, flour, sugar, baking powder and milk until smooth.

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Pour the batter into the baking pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle the fruit on top of the batter.

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Make the topping. Place all ingredients in a small bowl and, using your fingers, work the butter into the flour and sugar.

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Sprinkle the topping over the fruit, and bake in the oven until the cake has risen, the topping is crisp and golden brown, and a cake tester or knife inserted in the middle come out clean. Let cool completely, and cut into serving portions.