Recipe: Banana Coffee Cake with Chocolate Streusel

Banana Coffee Cake with Chocolate Streusel

1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temp.
1 large egg
1 1/3 cups mashed very ripe bananas (about 3 large)
3 tbsp. buttermilk


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and Flour 8 inch square pan with
2-inch sides.

Stir chocolate chips, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon in small bowl until well blended; set aside. Sift all purpose flour, baking soda, powder, and salt in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, and egg in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in mashed banana and buttermilk. Add dry ingredients and blend well.

Spread half of batter in prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of chocolate mixture. Repeat with remaining batter and chocolate mixture. Bake until tester comes clean (about 45 minutes). Cool in pan on rack.