Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and 1 1/4 cups of sugar.
• 2 beat in eggs and vanilla.
• 3 combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
• 4 stir in chocolate chips.
• 5 pour into a greased 9-inch springform pan.
• 6 combine the pecans, cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over batter.
• 7 bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 8 cool for 15 minutes.
• 9 carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen.
• 10 remove sides of pan.
• 11 cool completely before cutting.