Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

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

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• 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.