Name: Aunt Elaine's Divine Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Ingredients: 2 to 2-1/4 cups flour; 3 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; ½ tsp salt; 2-5 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 to 1/3 cup sugar; 1 cup sugar; 2 sticks butter (softened); 3 eggs; 1 cup sour cream; 1 tsp vanilla

Aunt Elaine’s Divine Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert

Keyword: chocolate, coffee cake

Servings: slices

Calories: 3806kcal

This cake is great for breakfast, brunch or a festive dessert. It even gets better after a day or two so it is fine to make a day ahead of time – it you can resist eating it yourself!

Print Recipe

Equipment

1 tube pan a Bundt or spring-form pan will also work

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

2 to 2-1/4 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt

Topping

2-5 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 to 1/3 cup sugar

Butter Mixture

1 cup sugar
2 sticks butter softened
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Make Topping

Combine topping ingredients (chocolate chips, cinnamon, and sugar) in a blender and pulse gently until chocolate chips are pulverized but still has recognizable chocolate chunks.

Prepare Batter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease the bottom of a tube pan, non-stick Bundt pan, or spring-form pan.
In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter.
Mix in eggs and vanilla.
Add 1/3 of dry mixture to butter mixture and then add 1/3 cup sour cream and mix well; repeat until all ingredients are mixed together.

Assemble Cake and Bake

In prepared baking pan, evenly spread half of the batter then sprinkle with half of the topping mixture; repeat.
Bake For 45 minutes and test for doneness.
Cool completely and then gently tip from pan onto serving platter.

Notes

If you make this cake and think it’s great – or at least really good – please consider making a donation to Bread for the City and Zacchaeus Free Clinic (B&Z). As of November 1998 B&Z, operating it two locations, provides free medical care, legal services, food, clothing and social work assistance to over 8,000 people every month in Washington, DC. B&Z can be reached at 1525 7th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001 (Tel. 202-265-2400).

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Aunt Elaine’s Divine Sour Cream Coffee Cake