Glazed Chocolate Chip Coffee Ring 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.

GLAZED CHOCOLATE CHIP COFFEE RING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into an 8-in. fluted tube pan coated with cooking spray., For topping, combine the flour, brown sugar and cocoa in a bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over cake.

CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine all cake ingredients except chocolate chips and walnuts. Blend well with a handheld mixer, scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Fold chocolate chips and walnuts (optional) into batter.
• Divide batter in half and pour evenly into two greased and floured round layer cake pans. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for at least one hour before turning out.
• Carefully turn first cake out of pan onto cake plate with flat side on plate and round side facing up. With a knife, carefully trim the rounded edge to make a flat surface for the filling.
• For filling, stir together brown sugar, cornstarch, salt and water in a medium saucepan. Over medium heat, cook (stirring constantly) until mixture begins to thicken (to a pudding-like consistency) and boil. Boil and stir for one minute. Remove from heat. Cool for at least 10 minutes. Spread filling over top of bottom layer of cake.
• Carefully turn second cake out of pan. Place flat side of cake atop bottom layer of cake (covered with filling) with round side facing up. Do not trim rounded top surface of cake.
• For glaze, heat chocolate chips, butter and corn syrup over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Cool slightly. Spread over top layer of cake, allowing some of the glaze to drip down the sides of the cake.
• For bundt cake without filling, follow cake and glaze instructions. Baking time for cake may vary due to its being one layer instead of two. Turn cake out of bundt pan with flat side facing down and top with glaze as directed above.

CHOCOLATE GLAZE OR FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt your butter.
• Add all other ingredients.
• Stir until well mixed and smooth.
• Add more water if you want it thinner at this point.
• If using as icing and you think it's too thick just let it sit for a few minutes.

CHRIS' CHOCOLATE CHIP COFFEE BARS

Steps:

• Beat eggs.
• Add coffee (not boiling).
• Add brown sugar; mix well.
• Add sifted flour and other dry ingredients.
• Add oil and vanilla; blend well.
• Pour onto a large ungreased cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips and walnuts on top of batter.
• Bake at 350°F, for 25-30 minutes.
• Cool and cut into squares.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COFFEE RING

Steps:

• Grease a 8 cup fluted tube pan. (I use a regular bundt pan).
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Add sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture just until combined.
• Stir in the chocolate chips and pour into prepared pan.
• For the topping: Combine the flour, sugar, and cocoa; cut into the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the pecans and chocolate chips. Sprinkle into batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted in center. Cool in pan for 20 minutes (make sure you do this or the cake will come out in pieces) Then trransfer to a wire rack until completely cooled.