This Chocolate Orange Coffee Cake is a decadent and delicious dessert that will satisfy any sweet tooth. It also makes a great breakfast!
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 55 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Servings 12Servings
Calories 575kcal
Equipment
mixing bowls
Measuring Cups and Spoons
13” x 9” baking pan
Pastry cutter or knife
Whisk
Spatula
Toothpick or cake tester
Ingredients
Ingredients for the streusel:
1tablespooncinnamon
1 ½cupsbrown sugar
6tablespoonsbutterchilled
1cupchopped pecans
1cupmini chocolate chips
Ingredients for the cake:
1 ⅓cupssugar
¾cupbutterroom temperature
3eggs
1 ½teaspoonvanilla
Zest from 1 orange
3cupsflour
1 ½teaspoonsbaking powder
1 ½teaspoonsbaking soda
¼teaspoonsalt
1 ½cupssour cream
¼cupsfresh orange juice
Ingredients for orange glaze:
1cuppowdered sugar
½teaspoonvanilla
2tablespoonsfresh orange juice
Instructions
To make the streusel, combine brown sugar, cinnamon in a bowl and mix. Add in the butter in small pieces and using a pastry cutter, mix until you get small crumbs. Can be done with knives if you don’t have a pastry cutter. Add in the chocolate chips and pecans and stir. Place the bowl in the refrigerator until ready to assemble.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
To make the cake, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time until well mixed. Add in the vanilla and orange zest and mix.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
Starting with the flour, add in about ¼ of the total amount to the butter/sugar mixture and stir. Add in about ⅓ of the sour cream and mix. Alternate until both flour and sour cream are incorporated. Add the fresh orange juice and thoroughly mix.
Grease a 13” x 9” x 2” pan. Add in about half of the cake mixture, spreading an even layer on the bottom. Add a layer of streusel on top, and then drop big spoonfuls of the cake batter over the top and gently spread it out, taking care not to mix in the streusel. Add the remaining streusel layer on top and place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Cover with a piece of foil and continue to bake for another 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out cleanly.
Let the cake cool for about 20 minutes before adding the glaze.
To make the glaze, whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla and orange juice in a small bowl and drizzle over the top of the slightly cooled cake. Slice and enjoy!
Notes
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.