Christmas Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1.8 cups firmly brown sugar light packed
• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 1 large eggs lightly beaten
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.8 teaspoon ground allspice 
• 1 tablespoon honey 
• 1 tablespoon orange juice 
• 2 tablespoons orange zest 
• 1 cup pecan halves 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup cup heavy whipping cream sour

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• blender
• aluminum foil
• springform pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Stir together flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or two forks until crumbly. Firmly press 2 1/2 cups crumb mixture onto bottom of a lightly greased 9-inch springform pan.
4. Stir together sour cream, egg, and baking soda; add to remaining crumb mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
5. Pour sour cream mixture over crumb crust in pan; arrange pecan halves over batter.
6. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, shielding with aluminum foil after 40 minutes to prevent excessive browning, if necessary. Cool on a wire rack 20 minutes.
7. Stir together orange juice and honey, and brush over top of cake.