Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 C butter, softened
• 2 3/4 C sugar, divided
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 C flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 C (16 ounces) sour cream
• 2 T cinnamon
• 1/2 C chopped nuts

1. In a large bowl, cream butter and 2 C sugar until light fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beatin well after each addition.  Beat in vanilla.  Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with sour cream, beating just enough after each addition to keep batter smooth.
2. Spoon a their of batter into a greased 10" tube pan.  Combine cinnamon, nuts and remaining sugar; sprinkle a third over batter in pan.  Repeat layers two more times.
3. Bake at 350 deg. for 60 to 65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
4. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.