Chocolate Chai Coffee Cake

Mashed bananas, cream cheese, and a spicy nut topping create a winning combination in this moist chocolate chai cake recipe.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 391 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 3 medium bananas, mashed
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 cup butter, softened
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.33333334326744 cup brown sugar
• 0.33333334326744 cup all-purpose flour
• 0.66666668653488 cup chopped pecans
• 0.25 cup butter, cut into small chunks
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1.5 cups whole wheat flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

Step 3

Combine pecans, brown sugar, flour, butter, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, and cinnamon in a bowl. Blend with a fork until crumbly.

Step 4

Mix chocolate chips, flour, cloves, baking powder, and baking soda in bowl.

Step 5

Combine sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add bananas and eggs; blend until combined. Mix in flour mixture slowly. Beat batter for 1 minute.

Step 6

Pour batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle pecan topping evenly over the batter.