Sourdough Coffee Cake

When we asked Hewn Bakery’s chef Ellen King what her favorite recipe of the moment was, she told us it was the sourdough coffee cake.

As Ellen puts it, “It’s not sour, but more like tart and is a healthy and hearty option for coffee cakes.”

Ingredients

1cup sourdough starter

1cup vegetable oil

1 egg (slightly beaten)

1cup all-purpose flour

3cup sugar

1teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1teaspoon cinnamon

(For the topping)

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine

1 tablespoon flour

Directions

  1. Combine sourdough starter, oil and egg.
  2. Stir together dry ingredients and add to sourdough mixture.
  3. Put dough into greased 9 inch square pan.
  4. Crumble topping ingredients together and sprinkle topping on top of batter.
  5. Bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.