Chocolate Buttercrunch Coffee Cake Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl and mix to combine. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter and granulated sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
• Spoon half of the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top. Spoon the remaining cake batter on top and smooth the top. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
• Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate and then re-invert onto a rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCRUNCH COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 10" Bundt pan.
• Combine the toffee bits, chocolate chips, pecans and brown sugar in a bowl; set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in the vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the butter mixture alternately with the buttermilk, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 additions of buttermilk.
• Spread 1/3 of the batter into the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle with 1/3 of the toffee bits mixture.
• Continue with 2 more layers of batter and filling, ending with filling.
• Bake in the centre of the preheated oven for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan on a rack for 20 minutes.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

BUTTERCRUNCH TOFFEE SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 and butter a 9-by-13-inch or 9-by-11-inch pan.
• Combine the flours and salt in a bowl; in another bowl cream the butter and sugars.
• Add the flour 1/2 cup at a time, using a wooden spoon and your finger tips to work in the last of it, if needed.
• Work in the butterscotch chips and toffee bits, then spread the dough in the pan.
• Bake for 1 hour, then score into bars while hot.
• Let cool, then cut completely.

CHOCOLATE-BANANA COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar on medium speed of electric mixer.
• Add in the eggs and beat until smooth.
• Add in vanilla and mashed bananas; mix until smooth.
• In another bowl sift together flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• Add to banana mixture alternately with sour cream, ending with dry ingredients Pour half of the batter into prepared baking pan.
• In a small bowl, combine 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp (or more) of cinnamon.
• Sprinkle half of the cinnamon/sugar mixture over the batter in the pan.
• Top with half of the chocolate chips.
• Repeat the layers.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until cake tests done.

TOFFEE BUTTER CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 9" square baking pan.
• In a bowl, beat together the coffee, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 6 tbsp butter and 1 egg until smooth.
• Add the milk, 1-1/4 cups flour, vanilla, baking powder and salt; beat 1 minute to blend well.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• In another bowl, mix together the 1/3 cup brown sugar, 2 tbsp flour, and 1 tbsp butter with cool fingertips, until crumbly.
• Mix in toffee chips.
• Sprinkle evenly over cake batter.
• Bake 35 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• Cool on wire rack.