Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Taste of Home Baking Cookbook

Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
2 ¾ cup sugar, divided
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups (16 oz.) sour cream
2 tbsp. ground cinnamon
½ cup chopped walnuts, optional

Directions:
1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating just enough after each addition to keep batter smooth.
-If you use a Kitchen Aide mixer I just added all the wet
ingredients, then dry ingredients, then the sour cream. Just mix
well!
2. Spoon a third of the batter in to a greased 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan. Combine the cinnamon, nuts (optional), and remaining sugar (3/4 cups); sprinkle a third over batter. Repeat layers twice. Bake at 350 for 60-65 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan.