Chocolate Streusel Coffee Cake

By Tamipri

Ingredients

• Coffee Cake:
• 1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 c. cold butter, cut into pieces
• 2 2/3 c. buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• Streusel:
• 1/4 c. flour
• 1/4 c. packed brown sugar
• 1 Tb. unsweetened baking cocoa
• 2 Tb. butter, softened
• 1/4 c. miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees (or 325 for dark or nonstick pan). Grease bottom only of an 8" square pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter, using a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Add buttermilk, egg, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute. Spread in pan. In a small bowl, mix all streusel ingredients except chocolate chips with a fork until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake 35-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on cooling rack 30 minutes. Serve warm.