The best ever coffee cake

I love coffee cake, oddly enough; I’ve only eaten it twice, once when my mom made it when I was maybe 12 or 13, and once, 6 months ago when I decided to make it as dessert after pizza & salad.  Why it took me so long to try my hand at something that I had so enjoyed, I do not know.  The cake was a hit and practically finished in an hour (always a good sign) so I decided to share, maybe it’ll induce me to make it again! Here’s what you’ll need:

1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1 cup light sour cream

Topping & in between (just mix all the ingredients in a bowl)

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 cup melted butter
1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, then in a bowl add butter and brown sugar and cream with hand mixer, to that, add the vanilla, then the baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Then add the eggs, mix again then the flour, scrape down the bowl and slowly fold in the sour cream. Now some would add the batter in the mould first (generally a coffee cake is made in a ring mould, but I make it in a rectangular Pyrex and it worked out just fine) then top with the topping mix, I prefer to split the topping mixture in half then, pour half the batter and your half of topping then the other half of the batter and the remaining mixture over top and bake. For 35 to 40 minutes. It’s divine, enjoy!