Brown Butter, Ginger And Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger
• unsalted butter (for pan)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup almonds, with skins coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 for brown butter:
• 2 simmer 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until browned bits form, 6-8 minutes. pour into a 2-cup measuring cup. if needed, add more butter to measure 1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons (added butter will melt).
• 3 for topping:
• 4 whisk flour, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. stir in 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons brown butter (reserve remaining butter for cake); stir until moist clumps form. stir in ginger. set aside.
• 5 for cake:
• 6 preheat oven to 325°. butter pan generously. whisk all-purpose flour and next 7 ingredients in a medium bowl. using an electric mixer, beat remaining 1 cup browned butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and thick, 2-3 minutes. add eggs one at a time, beating to blend between additions. beat in sour cream, milk, and vanilla. stir in flour mixture just to blend.
• 7 spoon half of cake batter into prepared pan; smooth top. scatter 1 cup of topping over. spoon remaining batter in dollops over; smooth. add almonds to remaining topping; squeeze to form 1/2" clumps and scatter evenly over batter in pan.
• 8 bake until a tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes. let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. run a knife around edge of pan to release cake. remove pan sides; let cool completely.