-FROM: LESLIE GRATTON-
1/2 c Butter 2 c All purpose flour
1 c Granulated sugar 1 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Sourdough starter 1 ts Baking powder
2 ea Eggs 1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla 1 c Sour cream
-FILLING AND TOPPING-
1/2 c Pecans, chopped 1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 c Brown sugar, lightly packed 2 tb Butter
1/4 c Granulated sugar
Filling and Topping: In a small bowl, combine pecans, brown and white
sugars, and cinnamon. With 2 knives, cut in butter. Set aside.
Cake: In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, and granulated
sugar. Stir in starter, eggs, and vanilla, beat until smooth. In a
separate bowl, sift together flour, soda, baking powder, and salt.
Stir into creamed mixture in 3 parts, alternating with sour cream and
beating well after each addition. Spoon half the batter into a
buttered 9 inch Bundt or tube pan. sprinkle with half the pecan
mixture. Cover with remaining batter and top with remaining pecan
mixture. Bake in 350F oven for 40 – 45 minutes or until tester
inserted in centre of cake comes out clean and cake pulls away from
side of pan.. Remove from pan and let cool on wire rack. When cool,
sift icing sugar on top. This cake will stay moist for nearly a week.
From Canadian Living – Everyday Cookbook 1985
Yields
1 servings