Banana Coffee Cake

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Description

A cross between chocolate chip banana bread and coffee cake, this moist banana cake is layered with chocolate chips and a brown sugar-cinnamon topping.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups white sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 1/2 cups mashed banana
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, beaten
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
2 Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a large bowl. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl until well combined.
3 Combine sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add banana and vanilla extract; mix until smooth. Mix in beaten eggs. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream.
4 Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared baking pan, sprinkle with 1/2 of the brown sugar mixture, and 1/2 of the chocolate chips; repeat layers once more.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.