Cranberry Sour Cream Kuchen

Description

This is a holiday breakfast favorite in our home. It is equally delicious served warm or cold, and it also freezes well, so you can make it ahead.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ¼ cups sour cream
  • 2 cups chopped fresh cranberries
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons chopped almonds
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch springform pan.
  2. Beat 1/2 cup butter
  3. 1 cup white sugar
  4. and vanilla extract in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy and smooth. Add eggs
  5. 1 at a time
  6. beating in the first egg thoroughly before adding the second. Whisk 2 cups flour
  7. baking powder
  8. baking soda
  9. and salt together in a separate bowl; beat flour mixture into creamed butter mixture in several increments
  10. alternating with sour cream
  11. to make a batter.
  12. Spread half the batter in the prepared pan. Combine cranberries with 1/4 cup white sugar in a bowl and spread the cranberries over batter; top with remaining batter. Stir brown sugar
  13. 2 tablespoons flour
  14. almonds
  15. 1 tablespoon butter
  16. and cinnamon together in a bowl until the topping looks like crumbs. Sprinkle topping evenly over cake.
  17. Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with moist crumbs
  18. 50 to 55 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 50 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 12

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