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Happy Accidents...and a Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Lemon Glaze from The Comfort Table - Meredith R., Mason, Ohio


"In cooking and in life, things don't always turn out how you plan. Maybe there are metaphors in cooking...like when your incredible brown sugar nut topping sinks to the bottom of the cake during baking. Who cares. What the hell...sometimes things look better upside down...giving you a whole new perspective. That's what happened the day I baked this cake. So, when you bake this cake, your topping may stay where it should...on top. Or...your topping may sink...and everything will be ok."  :)

Enjoy

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour an 11" springform pan
For the topping:

• 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted
• 3/4 C light brown sugar
• 1 C finely chopped walnuts
• 1T ground cinnamon
• 2 T All-purpose Flour

In a bowl, combine the melted butter, brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon and flour. Set aside.
For the Batter:

• 3 C Cake Flour (yes...it does matter)
• 2t baking powder
• 1t baking soda
• 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temp
• 2 C white sugar
• 4 extra large eggs at room temp (yes...this matters, too)
• 1 C sour cream
• 2t vanilla extract
• 1 c blueberries (you can add more if you like)
  

In a mixing bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 min. Add the eggs, one at a time. Mix in the sour cream and vanilla. Slowly add the dry ingredients, taking care not to over mix.

Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with blueberries. Pour the remaining batter over the blueberries. Sprinkle with the topping. Bake 50 - 60 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack and remove from the springform pan. Transfer to a serving plate and drizzle with glaze.

For the Glaze

• 1/2 C confectioner's Sugar
• 2T milk
• 1 T fresh lemon juice

Whisk all ingredients together until smooth. Drizzle over the cake.

This cake gets better every day. It is super moist. It is very sweet.