Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

Submitted by Lauren Clark

"Chocolate chips add sweets bursts of flavor to this rich and tender coffee cake!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar, divided
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1⁄4 cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 cup milk

directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and 1 1/4 cups of sugar.
2. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
3. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
4. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Pour into a greased 9-inch springform pan.
6. Combine the pecans, cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over batter.
7. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
8. Cool for 15 minutes.
9. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen.
10. Remove sides of pan.
11. Cool completely before cutting.

Reviews

[slightlysmall]

I didn't have a springform pan, so I ended up making coffee cake muffins with this recipe and so far everyone who's tried them has loved them! It's simple to make and tastes fantastic. I also use a few (okay, probably a lot) more chocolate chips than called for.

 

[sjphansen]

fantastic! Thank you! Like any cook I tweeked a few things to make it my own! I didn't have enough cream cheese so I supplemented with sour cream. I also added 8 oz of chocolate chips. Lastely I wanted a chocolate chocolate chip coffee cake so I added 4 Tbs. of cocoa. Using the springform pan was the way to go. I loved the moist cake with melt in your mouth chocolate. It made a great morning birthday cake for my mom who LOVES chocolate!

 

[patti k.]

This is a nice, moist coffee cake. I think I might use a few more chocolate chips, or use mini chips to spread the flavor out a bit. I didn't add the pecans this time, but I think they would have been nice. I think next time I might even make it a streusel topping. thanks for posting!

 

[aloha808]

Brought this into the office today and received rave reviews from co-workers! It's a little too rich for me, but they enjoyed the dense, moist cake with cinnamon-sugar-pecan topping and were surprised to learn how simple it was to put together! It's the perfect hostess gift as it looked like it could have come from a high-end bakery -- I'm sure I will make it again! A couple of subs I made were King Arthur Mini Milk Chocolate Chips for the Semi-Sweet and Light Vanilla Silk Soy Milk for the Milk. Mahalo for posting!

 

[JOY1998]

I baked this cake up in a bundt cake and it worked out perfectly. Because I omitted the topping I put a chocolate glaze on the top. The next time I make this I will make it with the topping. This recipe makes a tender, moist scrumptious cake. I highly recommend this recipe!