Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake Recipes

Steps:

• For the crumbs: Put the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon and salt in a mixing bowl and mix by hand. Pour in the butter and squeeze the crumbs tightly together, forming large or jumbo crumbs. Put the bowl in the refrigerator until the mixture is cold, 1 hour or overnight. (The crumbs can also be frozen for several weeks if wrapped airtight; defrost them for 15 to 20 minutes at room temperature before assembling the cake.)
• For the cake: Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. On low speed, mix in the butter 1 tablespoon at a time. Mix in the almond paste. Add the eggs and yolks one at a time. Mix in the vanilla bean paste. Add the buttermilk, then cream the batter on medium-high speed until very light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Fold in the chocolate chips by hand.
• Scrape the batter into the buttered baking dish. Smooth the top, tap the dish on the countertop and top evenly with the crumbs. Bake 20 minutes, then rotate the cake and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes longer. (After the first 20 minutes, I cover the pan with foil to keep the crumbs from getting too dark.)
• Remove the baking dish from the oven and set it on a cooling rack for 20 minutes. Eating this cake warm from the oven is one of the best memories I have. The smell of cinnamon and sugar drives me crazy. Eat it for breakfast, warmed up for a snack, or serve it with warm caramel sauce and ice cream for dessert.
• The cake will keep for 2 to 3 days if stored in an airtight container at room temperature.

Steps:

• Combine the dry ingredients (excluding chocolate) for the cake together in a medium bowl Combine the wet ingredients for the cake in a large bowl, stir.
• Mix the dry ingredientsinto the wet ingredients.
• Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Spread into a greased 9x13 pan.
• Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle on top of cake.
• Bake at 350F 45-50 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Butter and flour a 13x9 inch baking pan.
• The topping: combine the butter, brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice in a big bowl.
• With 2 knives, cut in the butter.
• Add in the flour and pecans; using your fingers, blend the flour and butter together to make large crumblike pieces.
• Add in the chocolate chips and quickly work them into the topping.
• The cake: sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice onto a large sheet of wax paper.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Gradually add the sugars, continuing to beat until very light.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• With the mixer on low speed, alternately beat in the flour mixture and the buttermilk, beating until the batter is just mixed.
• Add in the vanilla and mix.
• Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
• Evenly sprinkle with the crumb topping, pressing it gently into the batter.
• Bake 40-45 minutes, or until the top of the cake is firm and the streusel is crisp and bubbling.
• A pick inserted into the center should come out clean.
• Let cool slightly in the pan on a wire rack.
• Serve warm, cut into squares.

Steps:

• Make the cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 8-inch cake pans, and line the bottoms with rounds of parchment paper cut to fit.
• Using an electric mixer or by hand, in a bowl, mix the butter and turbinado sugar until evenly blended. Add eggs and vanilla, and mix again until smooth. In a separate bowl, whisk or sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Add half the dry ingredients to the egg mixture, mix well, then add half the milk and mix again. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and milk. Add the chocolate chips and mix well. The batter may look curdled.
• Pour the batter into the pans and bake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes before removing cakes from pans to a rack to cool completely. If the cakes are domed, use a long, serrated knife to level the tops.
• Make the frosting: Using an electric mixer or by hand, mix the confectioners' sugar with the butter, salt and vanilla, until well blended. In a small bowl, mix the espresso powder with the boiling water to dissolve; add it to the frosting, blending well.
• Place one cake layer on a serving platter and spread about one-third of the frosting over the top in an even layer. Top with the second cake layer and use an offset spatula or butter knife to spread frosting over top and, optionally, sides of the cake. Decorate with the chocolate chips.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, butter and salt until crumbly. Set aside 1 cup. Stir baking soda, cinnamon and cloves into the remaining crumb mixture. Add egg and buttermilk; mix well. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture; top with chocolate chips and nuts. Bake at 350° until cake tests done, about 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.