Best Darn Coffee Cake



The secret of this cake's sticky yumminess is to introduce a caramel layer in the center which adds a gooeyness to the filling that is just delicious. To achieve this, I make my streusel recipe in 2 different ways. For the caramel interior, I use ¾ cup of flour and for the crunchy streusel top I use 1 cup of flour. I also added chopped, roasted pecans and shards of darks chocolate. To make it a real coffeecake, I drizzled my milk sugar glaze on top…try this, it’s just heavenly. Coffeecake (makes 1-14” square cake)

Streusel For Center of Cake
1 stick cold salted butter
¾ cup flour
½  cup packed brown sugar
½  cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon
Set Aside:
1-1   ½ cups dark chocolate mini chips or shards (I used 1 ½)
1-1   ½  cups chopped, roasted pecans (I used 1 ½)

Streusel For Top Of Cake
1 sticks cold salted butter
1 cup flour
½  cup packed brown sugar
½  cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon

Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
5 teaspoons whole milk
2 teaspoons vanilla (I increased from 1 teaspoon)

First prepare both of the streusels and keep them in the freezer or refrigerator until ready to use.  Make each streusel in exactly the same way…Add the cold butter to a medium sized bowl and then add the dry ingredients. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients until it is all incorporated and resembles a coarse meal. The one make with less flour will be softer.
 
For cake: Ingredients
1 ½ cups whole milk
3 stick butter, room temperature
6 eggs
3 cups sugar
4 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups all purpose flour
1½ cups cake flour
3 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt

 In a small microwave safe bowl, add the milk and butter together and heat until the butter has melted, then set aside. In a separate large bowl, add the eggs, sugar and vanilla and whisk together until all of the ingredients are well incorporated. Sift all of the dry ingredients together into a separate bowl. You are going to add the dry ingredients in 3 additions and the liquid in 2 additions. We do this to prevent any lumps from forming because there is a good bit of liquid to incorporate. Begin with adding 1/3 of the flour into the eggs and whisk well, then add half of the butter/milk mixture and whisk again. Repeat with the rest of the ingredients until you have achieved a smooth batter and everything is well combined.

 

Pour in half of the batter and add all of the streusel made with the ¾ cup of flour.

 

Top this with the pecans and dark chocolate and pour the other half of the cake batter on top. Add the other streusel all over that to create a lovely crunchy top and bake this at 350°F for 30-40 minutes until the cake is golden brown and tests clean…do not over bake.

 

When cool, drizzle the milk sugar glaze on the cake and set aside until ready to serve. You are the Cuisine Queen. Make some coffee and put on your tiara.