I bought too much sour cream

[ragdall]

I was going to make a very large Hungarian potato/sausage/egg casserole when we had a crowd here before Christmas. I wasn't sure how much sour cream I'd need so I added an "extra" 500 ml (about 2 cups) of sour cream to my shopping list. I'd forgotten that I'd already bought it and picked up another one, my next time out, leaving me with at least 500 ml more sour cream than I was likely to use anytime soon.

I had a vague memory that there are cakes that use sour cream. A search online found this recipe:
Classic Sour Cream Coffee Cake
www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/classic-sour-cream-coffee-cake/f94a8fa3-1f0b-47f4-afd2-010baa0ec473

I made it on Sunday. It's very good.


Sour Cream Coffee Cake ~ 2 by diffuse, on Flickr


rags

[maeve]

That beautiful cake looks delicious!  Sour cream is also very nice
mixed in with the apples and sugar/spices mix for apple pie.

Here's another favorite way to use up sour cream:
German Sour Cream Twist cookies
(close to our family recipe- I let them brown just a bit more
but be careful, don't let them burn!) I don't remember forming the cookies
into a closed arc. Ours were twisted and laid down straight.

Of course one can often substitute a good thick yogurt, too.

[ragdall]

maeve, those look really yummy! I may have to forget and buy more sour cream so I can try them. I like the way that recipe site has so many photographs of the process for guidance.