When I was in the 7th grade in the very early 90's, I took home-economics as an elective. That's probably where my love to cooking and sewing developed. In that large classroom with florescent lights, gawky 7th graders and badly sewn projects, we were given a recipe for a Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake, told to walk over to the kitchen, assign duties to each person in our group and make said cake. Who would have expected much from a bunch of 7th graders who were probably more concerned about whether their mile-high permed bangs needed more hairspray or whether they had enough time between classes to run to the bathroom and apply more blue eyeliner and pale pink lipstick? Ah, yes, the early 90's how I miss you. But, I digress. I didn't expect much, and boy am I glad I was wrong. This was the BEST Bomb-diggidy Coffee Cake I had ever had. At that time it was probably the only coffee cake I had ever had. My mom didn't do much baking when we were growing up. I think we ate Little Debbie Cakes for our chocolate fix (shivers). Again, I digress. This coffee cake was SOOO good - moist, tender, a bit of chocolate in every yummy bite. I ran straight home (after school) and promptly shoved the recipe in my mom's face. She promptly shoved it back in mine and, needless to say, I've proudly been making this cake for 20 years now. It's always been met with rave reviews to anyone and everyone I have served it to. It's my go-to cake for company, for Christmas gifts to the neighbors, for snowing winter days with hot cocoa, for potlucks... actually it's just my go to cake. Period. I don't really need a reason for eating cake, do I?
Much to the horror of my mom, you'll find the recipe below. I promise you won't be disappointed. And your friends and family will thank you! And you will thank me :)
