Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
(from saymyname’s recipe box)
Source: Nick Malgieri
Serves 12 peopleCategories: 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
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Set oven rack to middle of oven; preheat to 350°.
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Butter and flour a 12-cup straight-sided tube pan; set aside.
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In a bowl, stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
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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.
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Add the eggs one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition.
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Lower mixer speed to Low and add half the dry ingredients; scrape down side of bowl and beater.
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Beat in milk, then beat in remaining dry ingredients.
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Give batter a final mix with a large rubber spatula; fold in chocolate chips; spread batter evenly in the prepared pan.
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Make crumb topping: stir all the dry ingredients together in a bowl; mix well.
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Stir in butter and continue stirring until the mixture forms large crumbs.
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Sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the batter.
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Bake for about 50-55 minutes or until cake is well risen, the crumbs are golden, and pick comes out clean.
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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.