Easy Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

Charlene Beck's Note:

I found this recipe in a magazine (Southern Living I think), and I've been making it ever since. My friends always request this cake and the recipe, and my Grandmother takes it to all kinds of church functions. It's quick to put together, but no one will ever know how easy it really is. And I make it with fat free sour cream, skim milk, and egg substitute when the girls come over so we aren't guilty afterwards. Doesn't change the taste at all. Hope you enjoy!

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 15

Yield: 1.0 13 x 9 ...

For cake

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 (16 ounce) package poundcake mix
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• ½ cup milk
• 2 large eggs

For Streusel Topping

• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans , toasted
• 2 tablespoons butter , melted

Directions:

1. Prepare Streusel Topping: Combine brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon; stir in pecans and butter until crumbly topping. Set aside.
2. Stir together chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon cake mix; set aside.
3. Beat sour cream, milk, eggs, and remaining cake mix at low speed with an electric mixer 30 seconds or until blended. Increase speed to medium, and beat 3 more minutes.
4. Spoon half of batter into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch pan; sprinkle chocolate chip mixture evenly over batter. Spread remaining batter on top.
5. Sprinkle Streusel Topping evenly over batter.
6. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.