Make-Ahead Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 15
Yield: 15 servings

Description

This yummy make-ahead coffee cake is chilled overnight before baking so it's all ready for you to pop in the oven for a hot, fragrant morning treat.

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1 Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
2 Beat butter and white sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
3 Beat eggs and sour cream into butter mixture until smooth.
4 Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl until thoroughly combined; stir into the sour cream mixture to make a batter.
5 Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
6 Mix brown sugar, pecans, and cinnamon in a bowl; sprinkle the mixture over the batter.
7 Cover the baking dish with plastic wrap and chill 8 hours to overnight.
8 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
9 Remove plastic wrap from the dish; bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the coffee cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.