Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Source: Nick Malgieri

Serves 12 people

Categories: Breakfast, Coffee cake

Ingredients

  • Cake Batter
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 lb unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 (12 ounce) bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Crumb Topping
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup rolled oat
  • 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Directions

  1. Set oven rack to middle of oven; preheat to 350°.

  2. Butter and flour a 12-cup straight-sided tube pan; set aside.

  3. In a bowl, stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.

  4. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat cream cheese, butter, and sugar with the paddle on medium speed until soft and light, about 5 minutes.

  5. Add the eggs one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition.

  6. Lower mixer speed to Low and add half the dry ingredients; scrape down side of bowl and beater.

  7. Beat in milk, then beat in remaining dry ingredients.

  8. Give batter a final mix with a large rubber spatula; fold in chocolate chips; spread batter evenly in the prepared pan.

  9. Make crumb topping: stir all the dry ingredients together in a bowl; mix well.

  10. Stir in butter and continue stirring until the mixture forms large crumbs.

  11. Sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the batter.

  12. Bake for about 50-55 minutes or until cake is well risen, the crumbs are golden, and pick comes out clean.

  13. Cool cake in pan on a rack for about 15 minutes; invert cake to a plate, remove pan, then invert cake again onto the rack to cool completely.

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