Commander's Palace Sour Cream-Pecan Coffee Cake Recipe

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter well a 10-inch bundt pan and dust with flour, shaking out the excess.

In a bowl with an electric mixer beat the butter until smooth. Add the sugar, a little at a time, and beat the mixture until it is light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla extract and the eggs, one at a time.

Into a bowl sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture, beating slowly until just combined. Fold in the sour cream.

For Pecan Filling: In a bowl combine filling ingredients.

Spoon 2/3 of the batter into the prepared pan, sprinkle the top with the pecan filling, gently pressing filling into batter, going completely around the cake until all remaining nut mixture is used. Add remaining batter to pan and smooth top.

Bake for 1 hour, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. If necessary, loosely cover top of cake with piece of aluminum foil to prevent over-browning.

Let cool on a rack in the pan for 5 minutes. Invert onto the rack and let cool completely.

Recipe Source: The Commander's Palace Restaurant, a New Orleans culinary landmark.

nutrition data

702 calories, 39 grams fat, 85 grams carbohydrates, 7 grams protein per serving.

reviews & comments

mollymuffin REVIEW:
January 25, 2011

This is the moistest flavorful cake. It came together quickly and easily. The ingredients were all on hand so no trips to the store were needed. When you put the filling in make sure to really press it into the batter in the pan. Don't leave it on top or the last batter may not bake into the top of the cake and it will separate. My husband claimed it was to die for something I have never heard him say in 23 years of baking and cooking.

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