Do I have your attention??
I have been so busy with classes that I haven't really been able to post anything that I made over the past semester. I have to catch up now that I'm on break!
Hands down the BEST recipe I made was Ashley's Banana Coffee Cake - it turned out to be so good, I actually submitted it to my newspaper's weekly culinary contest and it won! I was so excited! I really recommend you try this one.. it's a winner :)
Banana Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
Modified from Bon Appetit
FOR THE STREUSEL:
1 cup semisweet mini morsels
2⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon cinnamon
FOR THE CAKE:
1½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 large egg
4-5 small overripe bananas, mashed (about 1 to 1½ cups)
3 tablespoons buttermilk
1 cup semisweet mini morsels
2⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon cinnamon
FOR THE CAKE:
1½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 large egg
4-5 small overripe bananas, mashed (about 1 to 1½ cups)
3 tablespoons buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and coat 8- by 8-inch pan with nonstick spray.
Combine streusel ingredients in small bowl until evenly mixed. Set aside.
Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in medium bowl.
Using a mixer, beat sugar, butter and egg in large bowl until fluffy. Next, beat in mashed bananas and buttermilk. Finally, add the dry ingredients until evenly mixed and dry ingredients become wet.
Spread half of batter in prepared baking pan. Sprinkle with half the streusel. Repeat with remaining batter and streusel. Bake about 45 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a cooling rack.
