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!
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PinIngredients
- 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.
December 29th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Looks absolutely yummy!
December 30th, 2010 at 8:30 am
it is really yummy! Thank you Cherine.
December 29th, 2010 at 10:50 am
This recipe is my favourite coffee cake recipe! It is so weird because I was thinking about it yesterday too. You read my mind!
December 30th, 2010 at 8:30 am
I like Pioneer Woman’s coffee cake a lot too.
December 30th, 2010 at 11:16 am
I have yet to try that one but it looks dang good.
January 3rd, 2011 at 8:48 pm
it is dang good. I love making it too.
December 29th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
This looks amazing!
December 30th, 2010 at 8:29 am
thanks Megan!
December 29th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
My 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!
December 30th, 2010 at 8:29 am
sounds like fun!
December 29th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
That looks amazing! Any guest of your should count themselves lucky.
December 30th, 2010 at 8:29 am
thank you Colleen!
January 1st, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Yum! 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
January 3rd, 2011 at 8:43 pm
that sounds good too.
January 11th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
This 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!
January 17th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Thanks Kelly!
February 13th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
Just 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!
February 14th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
good idea to split into two pans. I will do that next time.
January 15th, 2012 at 9:02 am
Sour 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!
January 17th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Plain yogurt, buttermilk should work.
January 15th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
erm. excuse the dumb blondedness but … where’s teh coffee?
January 17th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
you serve coffee cake with coffee, hence the name, coffee cake.
April 22nd, 2013 at 7:33 pm
I just finished making this cake, and it really is so delicious! The melty chocolate chips were so tasty in the middle of this cake 🙂
April 23rd, 2013 at 11:10 pm
I am so glad! I have not make this recipe is ages, I should soon.
May 20th, 2013 at 4:43 pm
Have you frozen this? I’m thinking of making it ahead of time to take to the beach, and wondering if it would hold up…
May 23rd, 2013 at 9:20 pm
I have not, but I would imagine that it would freeze well.
May 22nd, 2014 at 9:04 am
OK. 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
May 22nd, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Nothing would make me happier than to feed you Q! Any time!
November 17th, 2014 at 9:27 am
A 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.
November 17th, 2014 at 11:20 pm
Thanks Jessie! We do what we can in the adorable department. 🙂