Coconut Coffee Cake

Coconut Coffee Cake
Filling
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup sugar
Cake
1/4 pound butter (do not substitute)
1 cup sugar
2 whole eggs
1/2 pint sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour (measure, then sift)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
In a small bowl mix filling ingredients - coconut, chocolate chips, walnuts and sugar. Set aside.
With an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar; add eggs and beat well. Add sour cream and vanilla and mix well.
In separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Beat well.
Pour half of batter into prepared tube pan. Sprinkle half of filling in middle. Add rest of batter and spread evenly. Sprinkle rest of filling on top.
Bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool completely in pan on rack. Remove cake from pan to serve.
Serves 10.
Nutrition values per serving: 456 calories, 23 g fat, 59 g carbohydrates, 2 g fiber, 6 g protein, 78 mg cholesterol, 273 mg sodium.

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