Dairy-Free Sour Cream Coffee Cake
 
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The flavor of this lovely cake develops more overnight, so don't hesitate to make it ahead for afternoon tea time or coffee breaks.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 9 servings
Ingredients
Coffee Cake
  • ⅔ cup chopped pecans (can omit for nut-free)
  • ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon + 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, divided
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup dairy-free sour cream alternative (see post above for options)
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 1 large egg
Optional Sour Cream Glaze
  • ⅓ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon dairy-free sour cream alternative
  • ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Coffee Cake
  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F and line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper, leaving overhang on two sides to lift the cake out.
  2. To make streusel, whisk together the pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle on the ½ teaspoon vanilla extract and stir to moisten the crumbs.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  4. In a mixing bowl, mix the sour cream alternative, sugar, oil, egg, and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth. Add the flour mixture, and stir to combine.
  5. Pour roughly half of the batter into your prepared pan and even it out. Sprinkle the batter with half of the streusel. Drizzle or drop the remaining batter in dollops over the streusel and gently even it out over the streusel. Depending on the sour cream alternative that you use, your batter might be a little thinner or thicker, which is why you might need to drizzle or dollop it. Evenly sprinkle on the remaining streusel.
  6. Bake the coffee cake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  7. Let the cake cool for 10 to 15 minutes in the pan. Then use the parchment to lift it out to a wire rack to cool completely.
Optional Glaze
  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, sour cream alternative, and vanilla extract.
  2. Drizzle the glaze on the whole cake or on each slice when serving.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 square Calories: 279 Fat: 15.2g Saturated fat: 2.6g Carbohydrates: 33.5g Sugar: 17.9g Sodium: 236mg Fiber: 1.3g Protein: 3.5g
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/dairy-free-sour-cream-coffee-cake