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Cinnamon coffee cake is an ideal match when drinking coffee. The wonderful smell of the cinnamon sprinkled throughout the cake as you enjoy your nice cup of coffee makes life worth anything. This cake is not too sweet, but moist and sweet enough to pair with coffee or by itself. I love going to Starbucks, and when I order my strawberry frappicuno, I would also want to order some sort of coffee cake to eat while I'm enjoying my frap. Now you can have Starbucks in your very own home. All you need is the few ingredients to make this cake, and your cup of coffee.

Ingredients:

2 sticks butter
2 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons powdered sugar ( Optional)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F and greased pan with nonstick spray.

2. Mix together the butter and 2 CUPS of sugar until light and creamy.

3. Add one egg at a time. Then add the sour cream and vanilla to the butter mixture. Mix until well blended.

4. In another bowl, combine the baking flour, baking powder, and salt.

5. Add half of the dry ingredients ( flour mixture) to the butter mixture. Mix well until well blended. Then add the other half of the flour mixture. Mix well.

6. In a small bowl, combine the leftover 1/4 sugar, cinnamon, and brown sugar.

7. Pour half of the batter into the greased pan. Than sprinkled half of the cinnamon mixture. Pour the remaining batter mixture into the pan. Than pour the remaining cinnamon mixture into the pan.

8. Bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes, or until when insert a toothpick, it comes out clean.

Tips and Notes:

* Powdered Sugar is optional. This makes the cake taste a little sweeter.