Cinnamon Butter Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• butter (for the pan)
• flour (for the pan)
• 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 9 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 3/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 for the filling:.
• 2 heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 lightly butter a 9 or 9 1/2-inch springform pan.
• 4 dust the pan with flour, tapping out the excess.
• 5 in a bowl, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon.
• 6 divide the mixture in half.
• 7 place one half in a small bowl, drizzle over the melted butter, and toss to coat the mixture; it should look like damp sand.
• 8 set both aside.
• 9 for the cake:.
• 10 sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt onto a sheet of waxed paper.
• 11 in an electric mixer, cream the butter on medium speed for 1 minute.
• 12 add the sugar in 2 portions, beating for 1 minute after each addition.
• 13 beat in the eggs, blending just to incorporate them; do not over-beat at this point.
• 14 blend in the vanilla extract.
• 15 on low speed, beat in half of the flour mixture, the sour cream, then the remaining flour mixture.
• 16 scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl with a rubber spatula to keep the batter even-textured.
• 17 spoon a little more than half of the batter into the pan.
• 18 sprinkle over the plain sugar-cinnamon mixture.
• 19 spoon the remaining batter on top and smooth the top with a palette knife.
• 20 sprinkle the buttered cinnamon-sugar over the top.
• 21 bake the cake for 45 minutes, or until the top is set and a wooden pick inserted about 2-inches from the center of the cake is clean when withdrawn. the edges of the baked cake will not shrink noticeably unless the cake overbakes.
• 22 set the cake on a rack to cool.
• 23 unclasp the ring on the pan, leaving the cake on its metal base.
• 24 slice the cake into 10 thick wedges for serving.