COCONUT PECAN COFFEE CAKE

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Provided by Lynnda Cloutier

Categories Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoons salt
two eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup sour cream, 8 ounces
coconut pecan topping, recipe follows

Steps:

1. preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10 inch fluted tube pan; set aside. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat until well combined scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
2. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Alternately add flour and sour cream, beating on low speed after each addition just until mixed.
3. Sprinkle half of the coconut pecan topping in the prepared pan. Spoon half of the batter in mounds over the coconut mixture; carefully spread evenly. Sprinkle with remaining batter spreading evenly.
4. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Makes 12 servings.
5. Coconut pecan topping: in a medium bowl, stir together 1 cup flour, 1 cup packed Brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Using a pastry blender, cut in 1/2 cup cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate pieces, 1/2 cup flaked coconut, and 1/2 cup chopped pecans.