When someone comes over to visit I think that you should have something baked for them. It does not always happen that I am able to do this, but I do try. I love to cook and bake for people. It is my way of saying that I love them. I really, really love them when they show up and I have this little baby for them. My house smells cinnamony and chocolaty and heavenly. I have made this cake many, many times (sometimes it appears for Christmas morning breakfast) and it never disappoints. The egg whites threw me off the first time, I had never made a coffee cake with beaten egg whites before, but this cake is tender and light. The cinnamon sugar mixture sparkles and makes a nice crunchy top. Make yourself a steaming cup of coffee or tea and invite someone you love over to share this coffee cake with you.
We made this for Anne, Clay’s speech teacher. We love her very much and wanted to make her a nice treat. She is so wonderful with Clay and got him talking! We are so grateful for her.
This delightful recipe comes from Smitten Kitchen.
For the cake:
1 stick butter at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs, separated
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups (16-ounces) sour cream
3 cups flour
1 teapoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
to assemble:
1 bag chocolate chips
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Grab 3 little helpers. In the bowl of the mixer, whip the egg whites until they are stiff. Take out of the bowl and set aside. I really need another bowl for my mixer.
Sift the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside. Cream together the butter and sugar. Mix in the egg yolks and vanilla.
Add 1/3 of the flour mixture.
Add 1/2 of the sour cream. Mix until combined and repeat until you have added all of the dry ingredients and sour cream.
Fold in the beaten egg whites.
Spread half of the cake batter into a greased 9×13 pan. Sprinkle with the half of the cinnamon and sugar and half of the chocolate chips.
Add the rest of the cake batter, cinnamon sugar mixture, and chocolate chips.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 to 50 minutes. When the cake is done, a tester will come out clean. Cool on a cooling rack.
Look at the layers of chocolate and cinnamony goodness. My oh my.
Thank you for coming to see us Annie! Clay loved his presents and loved having you over. So did the rest of us!
Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake - normally if I have to whip egg whites, I'm out. But it's worth having to wash another bowl. The cinnamon top is my favorite part.
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 1 stick butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs, separated
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups (16-ounces) sour cream
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teapoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
to assemble:
- 1 bag chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- In the bowl of the mixer, whip the egg whites until they are stiff. Take out of the bowl and set aside. I really need another bowl for my mixer.
- Sift the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside. Cream together the butter and sugar. Mix in the egg yolks and vanilla.
- Add 1/3 of the flour mixture.
- Add 1/2 of the sour cream. Mix until combined and repeat until you have added all of the dry ingredients and sour cream.
- Fold in the beaten egg whites.
- Spread half of the cake batter into a greased 9×13 pan. Sprinkle with the half of the cinnamon and sugar and half of the chocolate chips.
- Add the rest of the cake batter, cinnamon sugar mixture, and chocolate chips.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 to 50 minutes. When the cake is done, a tester will come out clean. Cool on a cooling rack.
- Look at the layers of chocolate and cinnamony goodness. My oh my.
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 0 Total Fat: 0g
This Post Has 35 Comments
Cherine
29 Dec 2010Looks absolutely yummy!
bakedbree
30 Dec 2010it is really yummy! Thank you Cherine.
Hannah
29 Dec 2010This recipe is my favourite coffee cake recipe! It is so weird because I was thinking about it yesterday too. You read my mind!
bakedbree
30 Dec 2010I like Pioneer Woman’s coffee cake a lot too.
Hannah
30 Dec 2010I have yet to try that one but it looks dang good.
bakedbree
3 Jan 2011it is dang good. I love making it too.
Megan
29 Dec 2010This looks amazing!
bakedbree
30 Dec 2010thanks Megan!
Heidi's Recipes
29 Dec 2010My kids love cake for breakfast, especially with chocolate. Can’t wait to surprise them with this. Yesterday my daughter and her friend make your Hot Chocolate Cookies, the revised ones, and they are delicious. Happy New Year!
bakedbree
30 Dec 2010sounds like fun!
Colleen
29 Dec 2010That looks amazing! Any guest of your should count themselves lucky.
bakedbree
30 Dec 2010thank you Colleen!
Marissa
1 Jan 2011Yum! I Can’t wait to try this! 🙂 I made some pumpkin butter bars recently that were a yummy breakfast treat as well.
Happy New Year!
Marissa
bakedbree
3 Jan 2011that sounds good too.
Kelly C
11 Jan 2011This is to die for! So yummy and highly addictive. It should come with a caution sign. I did change the butter to just under a 1/4 cup and added 100ml of applesauce to make up the difference, and cut the sugar to 1/2 cup white & 1/2 cup brown plus used light (not fat free, fat free means more chemicals) sour cream. Probably could of snuck in some whole wheat flour but was too scared it would make it too heavy. The only problem with making these small changes is now I feel as if I can eat twice as much cake…agh….maybe I should of left as is 🙂
Everyone should try this recipe. SOOOOOO good!
bakedbree
17 Jan 2011Thanks Kelly!
Kara
13 Feb 2011Just made this tonight! I made it in 2 bread pans as I needed to take some to work and leave some for the kids (otherwise they complain) Just tried it and it is YUMMY! Should have taken it out a min sooner though as a few of my chocolate chips got a bit toasty! Oops, oh well still tastes good!
Thanks so much, this one is a keeper in my file!
bakedbree
14 Feb 2011good idea to split into two pans. I will do that next time.
Hilson
15 Jan 2012Sour Cream is quite hard to come by where I live (Japan) and when I do find it, it is outrageously expensive. Can you think of a substitue? Perhaps plain yogurt would work?
Anyways, this looks great, thanks!
bakedbree
17 Jan 2012Plain yogurt, buttermilk should work.
Ambreen
15 Jan 2012erm. excuse the dumb blondedness but … where’s teh coffee?
bakedbree
17 Jan 2012you serve coffee cake with coffee, hence the name, coffee cake.
Becca
22 Apr 2013I just finished making this cake, and it really is so delicious! The melty chocolate chips were so tasty in the middle of this cake 🙂
bakedbree
23 Apr 2013I am so glad! I have not make this recipe is ages, I should soon.
Paige
20 May 2013Have you frozen this? I’m thinking of making it ahead of time to take to the beach, and wondering if it would hold up…
bakedbree
23 May 2013I have not, but I would imagine that it would freeze well.
Quigley
22 May 2014OK. That’s it. I am coming to your house! Not only for the company, but … that cake!!!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhh. That cake!!!!!!!!! I will go to bed dreaming of it.. Yum and thanks for sharing xx
bakedbree
22 May 2014Nothing would make me happier than to feed you Q! Any time!
CakeSpy
17 Nov 2014A luminous, glistening, glittering, chocolate-filled cake? Sign me up. But what really kills me here is the “pre-baking” expressions. Now that is just adorable.
bakedbree
17 Nov 2014Thanks Jessie! We do what we can in the adorable department. 🙂