Chocolate Frangelico Coffee Cake With Pecans Food

CHOCOLATE-PECAN COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine the flour, pecans, brown sugar, chocolate and salt in a small bowl and mix well. 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 together the butter and granulated sugar 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 and pecans 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; invert back onto a rack to cool completely.

EASY CHOCOLATE CHIP COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch springform pan.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well-blended, about 30 seconds. Beat in 1 1/4 cups sugar and vanilla extract until mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Pour in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour the batter into prepared pan.
• Mix pecans, 1/4 cup sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl; sprinkle over batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool on a wire rack. Serve warm.

AMAZING PECAN COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13 inch pan with aluminum foil, and lightly grease with vegetable oil or cooking spray. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sour cream, then beat in sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. By hand, fold in the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Spread batter into prepared pan.
• To make the Pecan Topping: In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon. Stir in melted butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over cake batter in pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack, and remove foil.

FRANGELICO CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Sprinkle nuts over bottom of greased 10 inch tube pan or 12 cup bundt pan.
• Stir together cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and Frangelico.
• Pour batter over nuts.
• Bake at 325 in oven for 1 hour.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan.
• Invert onto serving plate and prick top.
• Glaze-----------------.
• Melt butter in saucepan.
• Stir in water and sugar.
• Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in rum.
• Brush glaze evenly over top and sides of cake.
• Allow cake to absorb glaze.
• Repeat until glaze is used up.

PECAN-FRANGIPANE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make the streusel: Mix together flour, chopped pecans, brown sugar, and coarse salt. Mix in butter with a pastry blender or your fingers until mixture forms clumps. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Make the frangipane: In bowl of food processor, combine pecans and granulated sugar and process until finely ground. Add butter, egg, flour, bourbon, fine salt, and vanilla, then process until smooth. Cover until ready to use.
• Make the cake: Butter a 10-inch tube pan with removable bottom. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and fine salt into medium bowl. In bowl of electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and granulated sugar on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then add vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with sour cream; beat until just combined.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan. Sprinkle half of chilled streusel mixture evenly on top. Add half of frangipane; spread evenly with an offset spatula. Repeat using remaining streusel and frangipane.
• Bake until coffee cake is golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack set over a parchment paper-lined baking sheet to cool 15 minutes. Run a knife around edges of coffee cake to loosen, then use tube to lift coffee cake out of pan. Let cool on rack 15 minutes more. Run a knife around center tube. Slide 2 wide spatulas between bottom of cake and pan, running a spatula all the way around to loosen, and lift coffee cake to remove from center tube. Let cool completely on rack.

COFFEE-CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, milk, coffee, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. , Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 325° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Add milk until frosting reaches desired consistency. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake.

CHOCOLATE-CHIP PECAN CRUMB COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Butter and flour a 13x9 inch baking pan.
• The topping: combine the butter, brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice in a big bowl.
• With 2 knives, cut in the butter.
• Add in the flour and pecans; using your fingers, blend the flour and butter together to make large crumblike pieces.
• Add in the chocolate chips and quickly work them into the topping.
• The cake: sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice onto a large sheet of wax paper.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Gradually add the sugars, continuing to beat until very light.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• With the mixer on low speed, alternately beat in the flour mixture and the buttermilk, beating until the batter is just mixed.
• Add in the vanilla and mix.
• Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
• Evenly sprinkle with the crumb topping, pressing it gently into the batter.
• Bake 40-45 minutes, or until the top of the cake is firm and the streusel is crisp and bubbling.
• A pick inserted into the center should come out clean.
• Let cool slightly in the pan on a wire rack.
• Serve warm, cut into squares.

CHOCOLATE CHIP-PECAN COFFEE CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 6 jumbo muffin cups with baking spray with flour.
• In medium bowl, stir together 2 cups Bisquick mix, the milk, egg and granulated sugar until well blended. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup pecans. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• In small bowl, stir together 1/3 cup Bisquick mix, the brown sugar, cinnamon and butter with fork until crumbly. Stir in 1/4 cup pecans and 2 tablespoons chocolate chips. Sprinkle topping over batter in cups.
• Bake 16 to 20 minutes or just until tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Serve warm or cool.

WARM CHOCOLATE CAKES WITH FRANGELICO ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter six 6-ounce (3/4-cup) soufflé dishes or custard cups. Stir butter and chocolate in medium saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Cool to room temperature.
• Using electric mixer, beat eggs, yolks and sugar in large bowl until foamy and pale, and slowly dissolving ribbon forms when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes. Add flour; beat until just blended. Stir in chocolate. Pour into prepared dishes.
• Place dishes on baking sheet. Bake until cakes are firm around edges but still move slightly in center when shaken, about 12 minutes (do not overbake). Cool 5 minutes, then invert onto serving plates. Serve warm with ice cream.

CHOCOLATE-FRANGELICO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 425°F. Wrap foil tightly around outside of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Finely grind graham cracker cookies in processor. Add butter and process until blended. Press mixture onto bottom (not sides) of prepared pan. Set aside.
• For filling
• Blend cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar, sour cream and cornstarch in processor. Add eggs, yolk and vanilla; process until well blended, scraping down sides of processor occasionally. Transfer 3/4 cup cream cheese mixture to small bowl; set aside. Add Frangelico, almonds and almond extract to remaining cream cheese mixture in processor. Blend well, using on/off turns. Spoon 2 1/2 cups Frangelico mixture over crust.
• Mix cocoa powder and 3 tablespoons sugar into reserved 3/4 cup cream cheese mixture. Spoon 2/3 cup cocoa mixture over Frangelico mixture in pan. Spoon remaining Frangelico mixture over cocoa mixture. Drop remaining cocoa mixture over by spoonfuls. Run tip of small knife through batter several times to marbleize.
• Bake cheesecake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F and bake cake until sides are puffed and center is set, about 45 minutes. Transfer cake to rack. Using small knife, cut around sides of pan to loosen cake. Cool cake completely in pan. Cover; chill overnight. Remove pan sides from cake. Cut into wedges and serve.