Breakfast Celebration Cake
Ingredients
15 tbsp.
Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, cool but not cold, cut into chunks, divided
¾ cup
brown sugar
1 tbsp.
Kowalski's Ground Cinnamon
½ cup
miniature semisweet chocolate chips
½ cup
chopped pecans
3
eggs
1 ½ cups
sour cream, divided
¼ cup
freshly squeezed orange juice
2 tbsp.
freshly grated orange zest (from about 3 oranges)
1 tsp.
Kowalski's Organic Madagascar Vanilla Extract
2 ¼ cups
flour
1 ¼ cup
sugar
1 tbsp.
baking powder
¾ tsp.
baking soda
¾ tsp.
kosher salt
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat 3 tbsp. butter with brown sugar and cinnamon until a coarse, sandy mixture forms. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts; set aside.
- In another medium mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, 1 cup sour cream, orange juice, zest and vanilla; set aside.
- In an electric stand mixer, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt.
- Using a paddle attachment, beat in remaining butter and sour cream a little at a time until a coarse, wet, sandy mixture forms.
- Add egg mixture in 3 additions, beating on low until fully incorporated.
- Increase speed to medium-high; beat for 2 min.
- Lightly spray a 9" square nonstick baking pan with cooking spray; line bottom only with parchment paper.
- Pour ½ of the batter into bottom of pan; sprinkle ½ of the nut mixture over batter.
- Pour remaining batter evenly over top; sprinkle with remaining nut mixture.
- Bake in preheated oven for 1 hr., tenting pan loosely with foil in the last 30 min. of baking, if needed, to control excess browning.
- Remove from oven; let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
Tasty Tip:
- Cake may be frozen, tightly wrapped, for at least 3 months. Thaw in the wrapping for best results.