Coffee Cake

(credit to Wendy)

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sour cream

topping:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
3 Tbsp. margarine

DIRECTIONS:

Cream together:
½ cup shortening
¾ cup sugar
1 Tsp vanilla
Add:  3 eggs- one at a time
Sift together
2 cups flour
1 Tsp baking soda
Add: Dry ingredients alternately with 1 cup sour cream
Spread: ½ batter in greased 10” tube pan (bundt) lined with waxed paper

To make topping
Cream:
¾ cup brown sugar
1 ½ Tsp. cinnamon
¾ cup chopped nuts
3 TBSP margarine
Crumble: ½ of this mixture on bottom layer; the other half on the second layer
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Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes
Cool 10 minutes and remove from pan.