Date Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streusel

Date Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streusel. A moist, delicious, date coffee cake made even better with the addition of a buttery crumb topping that includes sweet chocolate morsels.

I served this date coffee cake at a morning office coffee break to great reviews. Even those who said that they were not fond of dates liked this cake.

That’s probably because the dates are pureed and stirred into the batter. That gives it a sweet richness and adds to the moistness of the cake.

Served with some warm vanilla custard or Creme Anglaise, this would make a luscious dessert as well.

If serving it as a dessert I might just leave out the chocolate chips. Especially if you are serving it with custard.

The chocolate might just be a distraction from the flavours of date and custard which go so well together.

I like dark 50% cocoa chips in this recipe but you can use any kind you like..

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Date Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streuse

Yield: 12 or more servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Date Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streusel - a moist, delicious, date coffee cake made even better with the addition of a buttery crumb topping that includes sweet chocolate morsels.

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Ingredients

For the date mixture

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• 1 1/4 cups boiling water
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1 tsp baking soda

For the coffee cake batter

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• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• pinch salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs

For the Chocolate Chip Streusel

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• 3/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 3 tbsp soft butter

Instructions

To prepare the date mixture

1. Combine the boiling water, chopped dates and baking soda.
2. Set aside to cool down to almost room temperature, then mash date, water & soda mixture to a rough puree. Do not drain the water off the dates.

To prepare the coffee cake batter

1. Grease and flour a 9 inch spring form pan. Line bottom with parchment paper for easy release if you like. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Sift together the flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt.
3. Blend in the vegetable oil, vanilla extract, eggs and prepared date mixture.
4. Pour this batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle streusel topping over the batter.

To Prepare the Chocolate Chip Streusel

1. Rub together all of the ingredients with your fingers until crumbly.
2. Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 -60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
3. Cool in the pan for about 15-20 minutes before releasing the cake from the pan.
4. Cool on a wire rack or serve warm. Makes a great dessert when served warm with warm custard.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

12

Serving Size

1 slice
Amount Per Serving Calories 396Total Fat 19gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 13gCholesterol 39mgSodium 264mgCarbohydrates 54gFiber 2gSugar 34gProtein 4g

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