Coconut Chip Coffee Cake Recipe

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I combined coconut, chocolate chips and walnuts to make the yummy filling in this coffee cake. My husband and two of my sons don't like coconut, but they still enjoy this recipe. -Char Fricke, St Charles, Illinois

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Coconut Chip Coffee Cake Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 45 min. + cooling

Yield: 12-16 Servings

15 45 60

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
FILLING/TOPPING:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream.
Spoon half of the batter into a greased 10-in. tube pan. Combine the filling ingredients; sprinkle half over the batter. Repeat layers.
Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Yield: 12-16 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 283 calories, 14 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 52 mg cholesterol, 222 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Coconut Chip Coffee Cake in Taste of Home February/March 2003, p27