Make-Ahead Coffee Cake

By KimberlyB

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

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in 1 egg 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.

Step 2

Mix brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon; sprinkle over top. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.

Step 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.

Step 4

Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Mix icing ingredients; drizzle over warm coffee cake.