Make-Ahead Coffee Cake

Name: Make-Ahead Coffee Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 15 servings
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup sour cream; 3/4 cup packed brown sugar; 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; ICING:; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 to 2 tablespoons 2% milk

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Total Time:Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 35 min. + cooling

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Cindy Harris, San Antonio, Texas

Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Updated on Dec. 27, 2023

This is a wonderful timesaver because it's assembled the night before. My kids think the nutty topping, sweet glaze and from-scratch cake make it the ultimate treat. —Cindy Harris, San Antonio, Texas

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Make-Ahead Coffee Cake

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Yield:15 servings

Prep:15 min

Cook:35 min

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Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
icing:

1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons 2% milk

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Directions

1
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes; beat in eggs, 1 at a time. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, nutmeg and salt; beat into creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish.

2
Mix brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon; sprinkle over top. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.
3
Preheat oven to 350°. Remove coffee cake from refrigerator while oven heats. Bake, uncovered, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes.
4
Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Mix icing ingredients; drizzle over warm coffee cake.