When I asked Zach what he wanted me to bake for his birthday, he didn’t hesitate a second.
Coffee Cake.
Well, I hit pinterest right away and started looking for inspiration. I couldn’t bake just ANY coffee cake, it had to be special if it was going to be a birthday cake.
Well guys…I think I found special. Zach said that this was his favorite thing that I have baked yet (but that could be because I didn’t do anything to healthify it).
I, of course, did make a few tweeks to make it my own, but overall was inspired by this post
Either way, this Caramel and Chocolate Coffee Cake was AMAZING and gone in less than 48 hours. Totally Worth it.
Caramel and Chocolate Coffee Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 and 3/4 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 envelope of yeast
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 3/4 cup warm milk (120-130 degrees)
- 1/4 cup of melted butter (1/2 a stick)
- 1 egg
- 9 ounces of caramels (I used Sprouts brand)
Topping
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup of All Purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 1/4 small chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon of milk
Directions
- Mix the flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl until eventually distributed.
- Add the milk, butter and eggs until smooth.
- Set aside 10 caramels, then cut up the rest into small pieces and stir them into the mixture
- Put the dough into a greased 8 by 8 pan
- In a seperate bowl, mix the brown sugar, flour, and butter together until it makes a crumble (I recommend breaking up the butter into small pieces so it combines to make a crumble).
- Add chocolate chips to the top and then set aside for 30 minutes to rise
- After 30 minutes, back at 350 for 25-35 minutes depending. It is ready when a toothpick comes out clean and the top is slightly browned.
- When the cake is cooled, combine the remaining 10 caramels and milk in a microwave safe container and melt them together (45 seconds – 1 minute).
- Drizzle this over the top and serve immediately.
Seriously, this is as good as it sounds and looks. TRY IT!
Looks amazing!
It was AWESOME! Totally worth it.
omg that does look sooo good. I’m a sucker for chocolate & caramel!
You and me both — and this one was perfect, and SO easy!
You can’t really go wrong with chocolate and caramel! Looks delish!
It’s a win win combination 🙂
OMG just drooled some more. Definitely making this. And then running a marathon to burn off the whole cake that I will shove into my face.
P.S. just read your post on Nicole’s blog. LOVE! It was so good twin! Informative but funny!
We literally finished the cake in less than 2 days. It’s embarrassing. We just kept going back for bites and bites….and bites….
And thank you 🙂 She wrote a little somethin for me as well that I’ll be posting Thursday 🙂
This looks awesome 🙂
The US version(s) of coffee cake confuse me slightly…in the UK coffee cake is cake flavoured with coffee 🙂 this really confused me the first time I asked for coffee cake in the US
LOL I can imagine! Although UK coffee cake sounds pretty darn good too!
It really is 🙂 especially coffee and walnut cake 😀
Yum!
Shut up!!! OMG I want this but I don’t want to do the work, haha!! Lucky boy!
It was surprisingly easy!! And tasty 🙂
This looks awesome! And caramel is pretty much my favorite thing, so this will have to be made ASAP.
Let me know if you do it!
WANT! This looks delish!
Oh it definitely is 🙂
Wow this looks gorgeous, especially with the melted caramel on top. Drooling over my keyboard.
It was SO good!
Looks delish!
It really was 🙂
that looks delicious!! tomorrow I am trying a new recipe too. Pancakes made with 2 ingredients. Eggs and banana. We’ll see how it goes 🙂 I have been craving pancakes!
I have been seeing recipes like that but I will be curious to read yours!
It looks really good! I have to be honest, I think my definition of “coffee cake” is a bit off – these ingredients didn’t look like what I imagined. It’s totally on my list!
No I think coffee cake is a broad category!!!
This looks so yummy and almost like a bread pudding! I’ll have to pin it, I love going to Pinterest for new recipes!
You know what it is kind of like a bread pudding good call!
Wow, that sounds delectable!
Good word for it 😉