Breakfast · By Sharon

Sour Cream Cinnamon Coffee Cake

A family favorite for many years, since Cam and Joc were little, the cinnamon aroma of this cake in the morning kitchen is wonderful! The original recipe came from our prairie cookbook, Company's Coming, and I've made some adaptations to it. One particular remembrance of this coffee cake surrounds our home renovations over the years. When possible I liked to bake something for the renovation workers, at first for Jakob and Len, and later for the Janzen builders. They were not used to fresh baking as they worked, and the smiles and wonderful conversation that surrounded serving this cake with coffee are fond memories. The big exterior renovation to our 11th Ave home in 2018 began in the late fall and carried on until early December before they suspended work until the spring. It was a cold November, with a couple of big snowstorms (James had to shovel off the roof at one point on the weekend so melting snow wouldn't compromise the roofing that was underway). In this weather, I made a point almost every day of having fresh baking for their morning coffee (leftovers were finished at lunch). They clustered around on chairs in our basement tiled entry area, grateful for the warmth and the baked offering that day, talking animatedly — they were always a little slow getting up to finish their coffee-time.