Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 lb unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 (12 ounce) bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 set oven rack to middle of oven; preheat to 350°.
• 2 butter and flour a 12-cup straight-sided tube pan; set aside.
• 3 in a bowl, stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
• 4 in the bowl of a stand mixer, beat cream cheese, butter, and sugar with the paddle on medium speed until soft and light, about 5 minutes.
• 5 add the eggs one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition.
• 6 lower mixer speed to low and add half the dry ingredients; scrape down side of bowl and beater.
• 7 beat in milk, then beat in remaining dry ingredients.
• 8 give batter a final mix with a large rubber spatula; fold in chocolate chips; spread batter evenly in the prepared pan.
• 9 make crumb topping: stir all the dry ingredients together in a bowl; mix well.
• 10 stir in butter and continue stirring until the mixture forms large crumbs.
• 11 sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the batter.
• 12 bake for about 50-55 minutes or until cake is well risen, the crumbs are golden, and pick comes out clean.
• 13 cool cake in pan on a rack for about 15 minutes; invert cake to a plate, remove pan, then invert cake again onto the rack to cool completely.