Silver Palate Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipes

THE SILVER PALATE'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Cut the chocolate and butter into small pieces and place in a large bowl. Pour 1 cup boiling water over them; let stand until melted. Stir in the vanilla and sugar, then whisk in the egg yolks, one at a time.
• In a small bowl, mix the baking soda and sour cream and whisk into the chocolate mixture. Sift the flour and baking powder and add to the batter, mixing thoroughly.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff but not too dry. Stir a quarter of the egg whites thoroughly into the batter. Gently fold in the remaining whites.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Set on the center rack of the oven and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, unmold and cool completely before frosting.
• To make the frosting: Place all the ingredients in a heavy saucepan over low heat and whisk until smooth. Spread on the cake while the frosting is still warm.

SILVER PALATE SOUR CREAM COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan. 2. In a small bowl, mix ¾ cup of the sugar with the pecans and cinnamon. Set aside. 3. Cream together the butter and 2 cups of the sugar. Add eggs, blending well, then the sour cream and vanilla. 4. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt. 5. Fold in the dry ingredients in the creamed mixture, and beat until just blended. Do not overbeat. 6. Pour one-third of the batter into the bundt pan. Sprinkle with half of the pecan mixture. Repeat. Then add remaining batter. 7. Set on the middle rack of the oven and bake for about 60 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. (Or makes 36 cupcakes--bake at 325 for 20 minutes.)

SOUR CREAM COFFEECAKE - (SILVER PALATE) RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10 inch bundt pan and lightly dust the inside with flour. 2. Cream together the butter and 2 cups of the sugar. Add eggs, blending well, then the sour cream and vanilla. 3. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. 4. Fold the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture, and beat until just blended. Do not overbeat. 5. In a separate bowl, mix remaining 3/4 cup sugar with pecans and cinnamon. 6. Pour half of the batter into the bundt pan. Sprinkle with half of the pecan and sugar mixture. Add remaining batter and top with the rest of the pecan mixture. 7. Set on the middle rack of the oven and bake for about 60 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan, springform pan, or tube pan.
• Beat 1 cup sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add flour, sour cream, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; continue beating until ingredients integrate into a batter.
• Mix walnuts, 1/2 cup sugar, and ground cinnamon in a separate bowl.
• Pour about half the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle about half the walnut topping over the batter and top with remaining batter. Finish by sprinkling remaining topping over the batter.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes (depending on pan used). Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

SILVER PALATE SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare crust: Sift flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon into a bowl. Cut in the butter and shortening with a fork until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Moisten with just enough apple juice, tossing ingredients lightly with a fork. Form dough into a ball. Wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 2. Cut off 1/3 of the dough and return it to the refrigerator. Roll out the other 2/3 between 2 sheets of wax paper. Line a greased 9-inch pie pan with the dough. Trim overhang and crimp decoratively. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• 3. Whisk all filling ingredients, except apples, in a bowl. Add apples, then spoon into the pastry-lined pie pan. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over filling.
• 4. Roll out the remaining dough between wax paper to form a circle 10 inches in diameter. Cut into strips 1/2-inch wide and arrange lattice-fashion over apples; trim ends of strips and crimp edges decoratively.
• 5. Bake pie in the center of the oven until the juices are bubbling and the apples are tender, about 55-60 minutes. (Cover loosely with foil if the crust browns too quickly.) Serve warm or cooled.

LIGHT SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, sour cream, yogurt, butter and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., In a small bowl, combine the streusel ingredients. Spoon half of batter into a 13x9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with half of streusel. Top with remaining batter and streusel. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack to cool.