Coach's Coffee Cake | Recipe Saver

Ingredients

• 1 cup pecans, toasted and chopped
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 1/2 cups cake flour, divided, plus more, to taste, for dusting the pan
• 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed, divided
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices, plus 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened, divided
• shortening, to taste, for greasing the pan
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 (8-ounce) container sour cream