Dream Coffee Cake
“I take this cake to VFW meetings and our church fish fries. It goes every time, with no leftovers! Try it—it’s wonderful.”
Dream Coffee Cake
submitted by reader Laverne H. Koivisto
of Ashtabula, OH
Ingredients
1 (18-ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
¾ cup sugar
1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1¾ cups chopped walnuts
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
2. Combine cake mix, vegetable oil, eggs and sour cream in a large bowl. Beat 2 minutes with a mixer at low speed, scraping sides of bowl frequently.
3. Mix sugar, cinnamon and walnuts in a medium bowl.
4. Spread half the batter in pan. Sprinkle half the walnut mixture over top. Repeat with remaining batter and walnut mixture.
5. Bake 40 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serves 20.
Tips from the Test Kitchen
Tip From Our Test Kitchen: This coffee cake tastes of homemade comfort, and it only takes a few minutes to prepare. That’s why it’s a dream. It also can be frozen and served later.
Nutritional Information
Nutritional fact per serving: 330 calories, 24g fat, 4g protein, 28g carbohydrates, 1g fiber, 190mg sodium.
first appeared: 3/8/2009
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3/20/09 7:55 PM
I tried this recipe yesterday. It did not come out the way it looked in the picture. The cake itself was delish. But the filling was terrible,especially on the top of the cake it was like eating sugar. I think maybe something was omitted from the recipe.
suechef
3/24/09 11:50 AM
this was oily when made. is this the right amount of oil.
4/1/09 2:28 PM
Yes, the cake calls for using 1 cup of oil. I'm not sure why it came out oily.
The topping/filling can be made with less sugar if you find that it's too sweet for your taste.
4/3/09 10:36 AM
I added 1/4 cup melted butter to the sugar/cinnamon/walnut mixture as a binder and to be able to control an equal amount for the middle and top of the cake. I also made it with Canola oil which seems to me to be lighter. Everything came out beautifully.
lanie1a
5/2/09 5:21 PM
This was delicious!! I've made it several times as the recipe states and haven't had any problems. I loved everything about it. It is incredibly moist like a pound cake. In fact, it can be done without the sugar and cinnamon mixture and used for strawberry shortcake, etc. WONDERFUL!!
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