coffee cake

 This is a classic crumb coffee cake.
 It does not contain coffee,but is had with  hot coffee!

It is made using yogurt and so the cake is very light,with soft moist texture.
The best part is the top grainy crumb that sits on top of the cake.

Ingredients for crumb topping:
Roasted walnuts- 1/2 cup,
Chocolate chips- half of 1/3 cup,
Ground cinnamon- 1/2 tsp,
Sugar ( grounded )- 25 gms or half of 1/4 cup,
All purpose flour- 1/2 tbsp.

Ingredients for cake:
All  purpose flour- 1 and 2/3 cup or 215 gms,
Baking pwd- 1 tsp,
Baking soda- 1/2 tsp,
Butter - 113 gms- room temperature,
Sugar- 1 to 3/4 cup or 200 to 150 gms ( powdered ),

Eggs-2,
Vanilla essence- 1tsp,
Plain yogurt- 3/4 cup or 180 ml.

Method:
Crumb topping- Roast,cool and coarsely chop the nuts.
Stir together the chopped nuts,chocolate chips,sugar,ground cinnamon and flour.
Keep aside.

Grease a 9 inch springform pan and line the bottom with butter paper ( can be made in round 9 or 8 inch pan.

Pre heat oven to 350 F or 180 C.

Coffee cake: In a separate bowl whisk together the flour ,baking pwd,and baking soda.

Using a electric mixer,beat butter until softened ( 1 minute ).

Gradually add the sugar and continue beating till light and fluffy ( 3 to 4 minutes ).

Add the eggs one at a time,beating well after each addition.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Beat in the vanilla essence.

With the mixture on low speed add the flour mixture in three addition and yogurt in 2 addition,starting and ending with the flour .

Mix only until combined ( do not over mix other wise the cake will deflate).

Transfer the cake batter to the pan and with a knife or back of the spoon, level the top and the edges.

Sprinkle the top with the crumbs.

Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean ( check after 40 minutes).
Remove from oven and let it cool on wire rack for  5 minutes.

After 10 minutes,take a knife and run through the edges to loosen the cake and then
release the sides of the pan.
Leave it to cool on wire rack.

This is a delicious light and moist  cake with a crunchy crumb on top!
Best the day it is made ,but can be covered and stored in the fridge for several days!