Pat, Kate, and Suzie's Coffee Cake
  1. Cream: 3-4 cups oleo
  2. Sift: 3 cups flour
  3. Cream: 1 1/2 cups sugar
  4. Sift: 3 tsp baking powder
  5. Cream: 2 eggs
  6. Sift: 1/2 tsp baking soda
  7. Soak: 1 1/2 cup chopped walnuts in 3/4 cup dark amber maple syrup
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture plus add 16 oz. sour cream. Mixture will be stiff. In large bundt pan (greased & floured) put in 1/2 mix and 1/2 of walnuts. Add remaining mix and remaining walnuts. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 50 minutes or until cake springs at touch. Let cool 15-20 minutes in bundt pan. Heat 1 to 1 1/2 c of maple syrup. Poke holes in top of cake and pour hot syrup slowly over the cake and holes.