Sarahs Sour Cream Cake Food

SOUR CREAM STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch cake pan* with nonstick spray or rub with butter.
• Make the streusel: In a large bowl, whisk together 3 cup flour, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and 2 tablespoons cinnamon.
• Melt 1 cup butter in a small bowl in the microwave. Pour into the larger bowl and stir the butter into the flour. You should end up with a bowl of what looks like wet sand, with lots of big chunks. Don't try to smooth it out. See photo.
• For the cake: In a large bowl or stand mixer, whisk together 2 and 1/4 cups flour, 1 and 1/4 cups sugar, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon salt.
• Chop 3/4 cup softened butter into chunks. You want the butter to sit out of the fridge for several minutes to that it's not rock-hard, but don't let it soften so much that it's completely creamy.
• Add the chopped butter and 1/2 cup sour cream to the flour mixture. Use the paddle attachment (or electic beaters) to blend the butter in. Eventually the butter will moisten the flour and it will all come together in a ball. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl as necessary. Don't over mix, just beat until all the butter is incorporated.
• In another large bowl, whisk together 4 eggs, 1 cup sour cream, and 1 tablespoon vanilla. Beat well until the eggs are well blended.
• Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture in 3 additions, beating for about 20 seconds after each one. Once all the egg mixture is added, beat for another 1 minute until the batter is light and fluffy.
• Spread 2 cups of batter into the bottom of your prepared cake pan. Sprinkle 1 cup of streusel evenly over the top, breaking up any too-large pieces with your hands.
• Spread another 2 cups batter on top and spread it around as best you can.
• Add another 1 cup streusel on top.
• Add the rest of the batter and spread evenly.
• Evenly spread another 2 cups of streusel on top of the cake. Do NOT add all the remaining streusel! There will be some left over. Spread the remaining streusel on a baking sheet to dry out a little bit.
• Bake the cake at 350 for 25 minutes.
• Do this next part fast. Remove the cake from the oven and shut the oven door. Use your hands to sprinkle all the remaining streusel on top of the cake, focusing on any areas where the cake batter has puffed up from the center. Move quickly! Get the cake back in the oven as soon as you can, and keep the oven door shut as much as possible.
• Bake for another 20-25 minutes.* The total bake time for the cake should be about 45-50 minutes, depending on your oven and whether you use a glass or metal pan. Test the cake with a toothpick. It is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with no wet batter on it. The cake should not wobble around at all when you shake the pan.
• Let the cake cool on a wire rack for at least 15-20 minutes for cutting into it.
• Make the icing: In a medium bowl, beat 1/4 cup butter until smooth. (I actually did it by hand with a whisk. You can do this if your butter is ultra soft.)
• Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 cup milk, and 2 cups powdered sugar. Beat with a mixer or by hand until very smooth.
• Drizzle the icing over the cake. You can either drizzle it over the whole cake or drizzle each individual serving. I like to drizzle about half the icing over the whole cake, and then save the rest of drizzling over each serving.
• The cake is best served warm! Zap individual servings in the microwave for 10-20 seconds if you are serving after the cake has cooled.
• This cake will keep well covered on the counter for 2-3 days. After that, put it in the fridge.

SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for 4 to 5 minutes, until light. Add the eggs 1 at a time, then add the vanilla and sour cream. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, add the flour mixture to the batter until just combined. Finish stirring with a spatula to be sure the batter is completely mixed.
• For the streusel, place the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, and butter in a bowl and pinch together with your fingers until it forms a crumble. Mix in the walnuts, if desired.
• Spoon half the batter into the pan and spread it out with a knife. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup streusel. Spoon the rest of the batter in the pan, spread it out, and scatter the remaining streusel on top. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Let cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes. Carefully transfer the cake, streusel side up, onto a serving plate. Whisk the confectioners' sugar and maple syrup together, adding a few drops of water if necessary, to make the glaze runny. Drizzle as much as you like over the cake with a fork or spoon.

SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a coated 10- to 14-cup Bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray and dust with flour, making sure to coat all the details of the pan. Invert the pan and shake out any excess.
• Add the butter to a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until fluffy, about 1 minute. Add the granulated sugar and beat on medium-high speed until very light and fluffy, about 4 minutes more. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Add the sour cream and vanilla and mix on medium speed until incorporated.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add to the butter mixture in 2 parts and mix on low speed until just incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, using a rubber spatula to smooth the top into an even layer.
• Bake until golden brown and crackly on the surface and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out almost clean with just a few crumbs, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 20 minutes. Invert onto a cooling rack and cool completely before removing the pan. The cake will contract while it cools, making it easier to remove.
• Sprinkle the cake with confectioners' sugar. Top each slice with fresh berries if using.

SARA'S CLASSIC SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare the filling: In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, and pecans; set aside.
• Prepare the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 10-inch nonstick Bundt pan with cooking spray; set aside.
• Into a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, starting on low speed, then increasing speed to medium. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down sides of the bowl.
• While beating on low speed, add the flour mixture, alternating with sour cream, and beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat just until well combined, scraping down sides several times.
• Spoon half the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with the reserved filling. Top with remaining batter.
• Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cake cool in the pan for 10 to 15 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine first 3 ingredients; set aside. Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well-blended, about 5 minutes. Add egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat well. Spread half of batter into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle half of walnut streusel over batter. Spread remaining batter over streusel. Top with remaining streusel.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool the cake on a wire rack.

SARAH'S SOUR CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Beat the cake mix and eggs together. Beat in the sugar, oil and sour cream.
• Pour 1/2 the mixture in a 9x13 inch greased and floured pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 the sugar and cinnamon.
• Pour remaining cake in pan and sprinkle remaining sugar and cinnamon.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

SOURED CREAM BUNDT CAKE WITH BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Grease and lightly flour a 1.4 litre (6 cup) fluted bundt tin. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
• Put the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat well using an electric mixer until the mixture is very light and fluffy. Add the eggs a little at a time, beating well between each addition. Add a little flour if the mixture starts to separate. Add the vanilla extract.
• Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt and stir half into the butter mixture together with half the soured cream. Beat well together.
• Add the remaining flour and soured cream and mix well. Spoon into the prepared tin and spread level.
• Bake in the oven for 35-40 mins. When cooked remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins.
• To make the glaze put all the ingredients into a small pan and heat until the butter has melted. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat a little and simmer for 3 mins. Remove from the heat and allow to cool and thicken.
• Turn the cake out onto a wire rack over a tray. Pour or brush half of the glaze over the cake. Leave to soak in. Then pour the remaining glaze over the cake. Leave until completely cold before serving.

KAREN'S SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Line the bottom of a 9 inch tube pan with paper, or grease really well!
• Cream the butter and Sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add Eggs, one at a time beating thoroughly after each egg.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Alternatly add the dry ingredients, and sour cream to the butter mixture blending really well.
• Add vanilla.
• Beat for about 5 minutes until smooth and silky looking.
• Pour into pan and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• I usually check at 1 hour 10 minutes.
• Your cake is done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Let cake cool in pan for about 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.
• You make make a glaze of Confectioners sugar or decorate with red and green cherries. The green ones for leaves the red ones as flowers.

SARAH'S LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 160c.
• Line an 18cm round cake tin with baking paper.
• Zest and juice the first lemon.
• pulverise zest with sugar in a food processor.
• Sift flour with salt and baking powder and add with butter and eggs to food processor.
• Process'til smooth.
• Pour mixture into prepared tin, then smooth top and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• To make the syrup, mix the sugar and lemon juice.
• Turn the hot cake out onto a serving dish and spoon the syrup over.
• Leave to cool and serve with thick cream.

SOUR CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a small 10-inch tube pan.
• Mix above cake ingredients. Pour half the mixture into the prepared pan. Sprinkle half the Filling and Topping mixture on the batter. Pour remaining batter over the sprinkles. Top with the remaining crunchies.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Cake is done when tester comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto cooling rack. Serve with the crumbed side up.

SARAH'S SOUR CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat sugar, margarine and eggs together.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Add liquid flavoring (vanilla or see below) to sour cream.
• Add dry ingredients to margarine mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, mixing well.
• Drop by spoonfuls on cookie sheet. Grease the bottom of a glass and dip in sugar, flatten cookies.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
• *Alternative flavoring combinations: in lieu of vanilla. 1 tsp lemon or 1 tsp cinnamon & 1 tsp nutmeg & 1/2 tsp cloves. 1/4 cup cocoa & 1 tsp vanilla. Brown sugar in lieu of white and 1 tsp vanilla.

SOUR CREAM CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 20cm ring pan, line base with paper; grease paper.
• Sift flours, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg into bowl; stir in sugar and carrot.
• Combine oil, eggs and sour cream;stir into flour mixture.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan, bake in moderately slow oven for 50 minutes (mine took 30 in the aga - so watch it closely).
• Turn onto wire rack to cool.
• When cold, spread with frosting; decorate with walnut halves.
• Cream Cheese Frosting:.
• Beat cream cheese, butter and lemon rind in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy, gradually beat in sifted icing sugar; beat until combined.