Banana Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chips

If you are my friend and you live in Minneapolis, chances are I gave you baked goods for your birthday. (Hope you liked them!)  I love baking but I just don't have the metabolism of four teenage boys so I cannot consume all that I like to bake.  Therefore, baking and giving is my favorite thing to do.  

This recipe was given to my friend Chelle on her 26th birthday.  As I recall it was a really dreary weekend AND she had to work on her birthday.  So, I delivered this bundt cake with a note instructing her to just eat her feelings.  I hope she did just that and enjoyed!

Banana Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chips

Ingredients

• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 2/3 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/3 cups mashed very ripe bananas (about 3 large)
• 3 tablespoons buttermilk or plain yogurt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and an 8x8 inch baking dish. (I used a Bundt cake pan)
2. Stir chocolate chips, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon in small bowl until well blended; set streusel aside.
3. Sift together (or just STIR TOGETHER) all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter, and egg in a large bowl until fluffy. Mix in mashed bananas and buttermilk or yogurt. Add flour mixture and blend well.
4. Spread half of batter in prepared baking pan. Sprinkle with half of streusel. Repeat with remaining batter and streusel. Bake coffee cake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool for about 10 minutes and serve.

I found this recipe from one of my favorite cooking blogs: Buns in My Oven