It has always baffled me as to why there are not more chocolate breakfast recipes. I suppose it’s because it’s not good to admit to eating chocolate in the morning? But to me it only makes sense. Coffee and chocolate are natural compliments in flavor and they even say dark chocolate is healthy! So by that reasoning, you can have cake with chocolate in it in the morning and still call it a complete breakfast! Right?!? (Hey, if Cocoa Puffs is part of a complete breakfast then chocolate chip coffee cake is too!)
This coffee cake is super easy to put together although to get the texture right you do need to ‘fold’, beat until fluffy and all the rest. I think I’ve mentioned before that I almost always do some type of coffee cake or roll for Sunday morning breakfast. They can be done the night before, eliminating the need to get up early enough to cook before church. This one is a family favorite, although I have seen similar recipes all over the place.
You will need:
2 cups of flour
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoons of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 stick of unsalted butter
2 eggs (room temperature)
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips (about 6 ounces)
Preheat the oven to 350 and grease an 8 x8 in. baking pan.
In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon.
Using an electric mixer, beat together the butter and remaining 1 cup of sugar until fluffy (about 5 minutes). Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, then beat in the sour cream and vanilla. Fold in the flour mixture, in two parts until just combined.
Pour batter into the pan and sprinkle on half of the cinnamon sugar mixture and half of the chocolate chips. Spoon the remaining batter as evenly as possible over the filling, spreading gently. Sprinkle the top with the rest of the cinnamon sugar mixture and chocolate chips.
Bake about 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. It should look golden brown on top.