Rich Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake



For the holidays, I get my baking in and when in a hurry and baking, Taste of Home is a good place to turn to.  I always find something easy to make and successful at the end.  This is no exception.

 I made two smaller cakes and cut one into two layers and filled it with a ready-made caramel.  That was delicious.

 Rich Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake (adapted from Taste of Home)

Ingredients:

1 cup margarine, softened
1 package (8 ounces)Tofutti cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar, divided
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups gluten-free flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Rice milk
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup ground walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Method:
 
In a large bowl, cream the margarine, cream cheese and 1-1/4 cups of the sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs and vanilla.

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and add to creamed mixture alternately with the Rice milk and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips.

Pour into a greased 9-in. springform pan. Combine the ground walnuts, cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over batter.

Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

Cool for 15 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen. Cool completely before cutting.

linked to See Ya in the Gumbo

Comments

  1. tinyskilletSeptember 22, 2013 at 7:32 PM

    Yum! This looks amazing, and to top it off my daughter was looking for a good recipe with chocolate chips!

    ReplyDelete
  2. TorviewtorontoSeptember 22, 2013 at 7:47 PM

    yummy dessert looks fabulous

    ReplyDelete
  3. Kalyan PanjaSeptember 23, 2013 at 1:57 AM

    Just mouthwatering...looks delicious!

    ReplyDelete
  4. WinnieSeptember 23, 2013 at 2:41 AM

    YUMMY !!!
    I'd loooooove a bit portion to eat :)

    Happy Sukkut Chaya :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. kitchen flavoursSeptember 23, 2013 at 7:49 AM

    Hi Chaya,
    Your cake looks wonderful, I have never layer a cake with caramel before, sounds delicious!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Michelle BSeptember 30, 2013 at 9:28 PM

    Chocolate is my favorite thing and this looks so good layered with caramel...the two go so well together. I haven't baked sweets in so long since it's been so hot. Have been craving chocolate chip something though. This looks perfect. Thank you for linking, Chaya.

    ReplyDelete
  7. WinnieOctober 7, 2013 at 2:34 AM

    These are looking wonderful!!
    I need to find here the Tofutti cream cheese. I'm pretty sure we have here something similar

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Your comments are a part of making my day bright and shiny. I value your advice, criticism and viewpoints.

Popular posts from this blog

Thai Chicken San Choy Bau

Image
It says, "thai" so I have to like the Thai Chicken San Choy Bau that we are making this week in our Donna Hay Wednesday group.  It was a bit spicy and the chopped chicken was a nice change of pace. Kayte selected this recipe from On the Shelf on page 124.   I tried it with the greens and it was very good and then I put it on spaghetti and it was spectacular.  My toddler granddaughter even liked it.  Must have been the hot sauce. I used romaine for the greens and I subbed in red pepper and added some Sirracha to spice it up to make up for the real chilis. Do check out the other cooks' dishes at our   Wednesday with Donna Hay site.
Read more

Brussels Sprouts - Power Food - Re-post

Image
Another week, another vegetable for our Power Food group, a bunch of women who strive for healthy eating with the most delicious dishes. Each blog is inspiration . Each week, we choose a recipe based on the power food which comes from the book, Power Foods, 150 delicious recipes with the 38 healthiest ingredients from the editors of Whole Living magazine. Brussels sprouts like broccoli and cabbage are cruciferous. This group offers a unique composition of antioxidants that may provide several health benefits. Brussels sprouts are low in calories and offer protein, vitamins and minerals to help build a healthy human. My first issue with brussels sprouts is that it took me years to spell it correctly. Each time, it came up, in writing, and I admit, that was not too often, I would stare into space asking myself does brussel get an S, at the end or is it sprout that gets the S. For some reason, I could not remember that both end with that S. I am happy to tell you, I overcame thi
Read more

Carrot Cake _ Power Food - repost

Image
Another week, another vegetable for our Power Food group, a bunch of women who strive for healthy eating with the most delicious dishes. Each blog is inspiration . Each week, we choose a recipe based on the power food which comes from the book, Power Foods, 150 delicious recipes with the 38 healthiest ingredients from the editors of Whole Living magazine. That week, we concentrated on carrots. I like to check out our vegetable, not only for health benefits, but also for the names of their sisters. Carrots are related to parsnips, fennel, parsley, anise, caraway, cumin and dill. I didn't have a clue about many of these. I, have never seen carrots of other colors or at least, if I had, I didn't know, they were carrots. I am going to a good produce store, looking for purple or red carrots, to start my search. It is fun, shopping when purposely looking for new vegetables. I have definitely expanded my horizons. When, I was thinking about what to make with carrots, I
Read more