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This was posted on the cooking forum. I'm thinking about trying it. Well, I'll rephrase that! I am going to try it, just as soon as I find the energy to! Sour Cream Coffee Cake recipe for Mattie...... clip this post email this post what is this? see most clipped and recent clippings Posted by marigene (My Page) on Thu, Jan 24, 08 at 15:04 Here is the recipe you requested, Mattie. I have been making this cake for several years. I believe the recipe came from either Good Housekeeping or Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Sour Cream Coffee Cake 3/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon sugar: 3/4 cup for topping; 1 1/4 cups for cake 3/4 cup butter 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups sour cream 3 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract In small bowl, combine walnuts, cinnamon and 3/4 cup sugar. Grease 10-inch tube pan. In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat butter with 1 1/4 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Add flour and remaining ingredients and beat at low speed until blended, constantly scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Increase speed to medium; beat 3 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl. Preheat oven to 350�F. Spread half of batter in pan; sprinkle with half of nut mixture; spread evenly with remaining batter and sprinkle remaining nut mixture. Bake 60 to 65 minutes until cake pulls away from side of pan. Cool cake in pan completely on wire rack. Makes 12 servings. * I use whatever nuts I have on hand. This last time it was hazelnuts.

Several possibilities. Tofu can substitute. Get the soft stuff and whip it through a blender. If necessary, add a little cream to thin it down. Try draining the yoghurt. Line a collander with cheesecloth and pour the yoghurt into it. Let it drain until the thickness you like. Do not let it go overnight, or you'll have yoghurt cheese, and you'll have to thin it down again. Cream cheese thnnied with wither cream or the soured cream you have available. Let the cream cheese come to room temperature before whipping it with the cream. You can also thin the cream cheese with mayo if you like that sort of thing. BTW, don't they still sell clotted cream in Jolly Olde? Check that out as a possible substitute.

Interesting, Sooz, about the frozen berries and color. I can imagine how that would do it. Writersblock, you've inspired me! I would want it to taste like dark brown sugar to be worth giving up pretty pink for, and I've worked enough with organic raw sugar to know it will go beige and not have enough of a punch. ... But! White sugar and just enough black molasses to give it that brown sugar taste might work. That's as a ribbon. If it stays as a ribbon, the ice cream would still be pretty pink. It might need to be reduced first. This is sounding interesting. :) Thanks, again, Sooz!