Ms. Sally's Coffee Cake

Hello Everyone! I know I promised this recipe on Friday, but here it is now...it's been a hectic weekend!

I've discovered another reason why lawyer/judge is the second fattest profession (see post below "How to make it work...at work for the background on this one!): Friday breakfast. Every Friday people in my office bring breakfast. The options range from chick-fil-a chicken mini biscuits to huge sticky buns to tamales and breakfast tacos. WHOA...talk about some unhealthy choices. 

If there's one thing I've learned about losing weight, it's that sometimes you just have to go for it and be a little bit bad. Have a chicken mini, and remind yourself - it's better than a full sized chicken biscuit! Last week I decided to bring a contribution to this breakfast club. My mom's friend, Sally Rohrbach, makes the best coffee cake in the whole world. This is neither a joke nor an exaggeration...it's that good. 

While this recipe is certainly not for the health conscious, it's a splurge that I'm willing to take every time. Just make sure to cut a small piece and walk away, because once you start I promise you won't be able to stop! 

2 sticks butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla.

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

1 cup sour cream (real)

Filling:

¾ dark brown sugar

¼ cup + 2 T sugar

1 ½ tsp. cinnamon

1 ¼ cup chopped pecan 

Step 1: Cream 2 sticks of butter and 1 cup of sugar. 

Step 2: add 2 well beaten eggs and vanilla 

Step 3: add rest of the cake batter ingredients and mix well. 

Step 4: Using your hands, spread 1/2 of the dough into a well greased 13x9 baking pan. 

How to spread the bottom layer, and how it should look!

Step 5: Spread 2/3 of the filling over the bottom layer of batter. 

Step 6: Here's the hard part. Spread the remaining half of the dough over the filling.  The batter needs to be dropped by the spoonful in heaps all over the filling, and then spread carefully with your finger. Be careful, once a spoonful is dropped the filling will stick to it! It should look like this as you go: 

Step 7: The original recipe says to bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out dry. I find that 35 minutes is the perfect amount of time. 

Step 8: Remember that a little splurge is O.K. sometimes, just don't overdo it! Cut into small pieces, and Enjoy!

XO, 

Erica