Brownie Coffeecake

By mytastytreasures

Brownie cake with streusel topping, you get a Brownie Coffeecake! Source: Woman's Day magazine Holiday special issue January '09.

Ingredients

• Streusel Topping:
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocoalte chips
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup EACH flour, light brown sugar,
• chopped pecans
• 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) Butter

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat oven to 350. Coat a 9 inch springform pan with nonstick spray.

2. Whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl until thoroughly blended.

3. Melt butter and 1 cup of the chocolate chips in a medium saucepan over low heat until smooth. Remove from heat; whisk in sugar, then eggs, and vanilla until blended. Stir in sour cream. Scrape into flour mixture; stir until smooth. Stir in remaining chocolate chips. Spread batter into prepared pan.

4. Work all streusel ingredients with a fork until coarse crumbs form. Sprinkle over batter in pan. Bake 50-55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.

5. Drizzle with melted chocolate and border with pecans, then sprinkle with powdered sugar.