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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Chocolate and Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake
This coffee cake was a real delight to have over the weekend - it was moist, beautiful and the swirl gave it that something special you look for in a weekend treat. When I first moved to North America and heard about coffee cakes, I was disappointed to find that they didn't taste like coffee at all. Cutting a piece and enjoying it with a warm cup of coffee brings the coffee flavor into the cake though and makes it just about the perfect balance of flavors. I've tasted a lot of coffee through the years and visited a lot, a lot of coffee shops while traveling. My favourite to date has to be Blue Bottle in San Francisco- their cold brewed coffee has to be the best I've ever had. Lately, however, some coffee shops have started taking themselves too seriously and that can take away from the experience of relaxing and enjoying one of the best drinks there is. I greatly value a warm and cozy ambiance when getting an afternoon cup of coffee but have found that many coffee shops have, sadly, become pretentious and have ended up making coffee seem inaccessible and and an art not everyone can understand.
On a recent trip to New York, I was happy I found Stumptwon Coffee Roasters at the Ace Hotel. This place is worth the trip if only for the eclectic decor of the hotel itself- it's filled with worn in furniture, low lights and different nooks and crannies to comfortably sit in. The cappuccino I had there was the smoothest and frothiest coffee I've had. It really was. They also had velvety iced coffee and fleur de sel chocolate bars. We also sampled some of the treats there and their pretzel-like bread filled with ham, sharp cheese and mustard was absolutely amazing. I will definitely be making my way back to the Ace Hotel when I go to New York next.
Chocolate and Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake
Adapted from Baked, I made the cake in a round cake pan instead
Crumb Topping
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup of hazelnuts
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1 inch pieces
Chocolate Cinnamon Swirl
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon dark unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
16 ounces sour cream
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Crumb Topping:
Put the flour, sugar, and salt in bowl of food processor and pulse to combine. Add the hazelnuts and pulse until they are finely chopped and incorporated. Add the butter and pulse until mixture looks like coarse sand. Cover and refrigerate.
Chocolate Cinnamon Swirl:
Mix ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Sour Cream Cake:
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Butter a 9×13-inch baking pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter until smooth. Scrape down bowl and add sugar. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping bowl as needed.
Add the sour cream and vanilla and beat just until incorporated. Add the dry ingredients in three additions, scraping down the bowl before each addition and beating only until each addition is just incorporated. Do not overmix.
Pour one third of the cake batter into the prepared pan. Use an offset spatula to spread batter evenly in pan. Sprinkle half of the chocolate cinnamon swirl mixture over batter, covering the entire surface of the batter. Spoon half of remaining batter over the swirl mixture and spread it evenly. Top with remaining swirl mixture, then the remaining batter, and spread the batter evenly. Sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the top of the batter.
Bake in the center of the oven for one hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Let the cake cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Serves 16.
39 comments:
- Megan said...
That coffee cake is beautiful. I like that there are hazelnuts in the topping rather than walnuts or pecans, which are more typical.
- January 13, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- Torviewtoronto said...
delicious cake look wonderful
- January 13, 2011 at 8:23 PM
- vanillasugar said...
oh how i love the Baked boys.
your cake is jsut perfect. your photos are always just so stunning, and just right.
- January 13, 2011 at 8:59 PM
- Mini Baker said...
you are so lucky! i've always wanted to try a mast brothers chocolate bar! their story is amazing :)
bookmarking this coffee cake :)
- January 13, 2011 at 9:40 PM
- sally said...
I love your milk container! It looks perfect next to your beautiful coffee cake.
- January 13, 2011 at 10:13 PM
I haven't been to the Ace in NYC but I stayed at the Ace in Palm Springs this past year and adored the decor. This coffee cake looks fabulous. I'm all for anything with the Baked stamp on it!
- January 13, 2011 at 11:55 PM
- Katie said...
Looks gorgeous! I love how its got three swirly layers - yummy!
- January 14, 2011 at 1:57 AM
- Sommer J said...
Looks absolutely perfect!
- January 14, 2011 at 8:39 AM
- Caroline said...
The cake (and swirls) are beautiful and anytime I'm allowed to have cake for breakfast is a winner for me! YUM!
- January 14, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- Evan @swEEts said...
This coffee cake looks delicious and so does that sandwich! I just got the book Baked so I'll be sure to check out this recipe :)
- January 14, 2011 at 10:03 AM
- Lisa@ButteryBooks said...
Great pictures! The cake looks delicious. In Texas, it is hard to find a seat at the laid back coffee shops because everybody is on their computers...bloggers I assume.
- January 14, 2011 at 3:19 PM
- Nisrine | Dinners and Dreams said...
Gorgeous coffee cake. The chocolate makes it unique as it's not typically paired with cinnamon. I liked that.
- January 14, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- Kay Heritage said...
This looks absolutely delightful! Lovely photos, too! :)
- January 14, 2011 at 9:34 PM
This cake looks fantastic!
- January 15, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Kate Morgan Jackson said...
Okay, so your photography just continues to amaze and inspire me. Just plain gorgeous.
- January 15, 2011 at 10:23 AM
I am a recent coffee convert but still completely agree about the ambiance meaning so much in a coffee shop! That cake is gorgeous, I love how you layered it to make it tall instead of the standard single layer!
- January 16, 2011 at 10:23 AM
- Angie said...
love the milk container as well..
- January 16, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- Wesley Shaw said...
Obviously I'm not the only one who loves the milk container, where did you find this?? Do you know who makes it? Thanks!
- January 16, 2011 at 5:47 PM
I love all the recipes I have tried from the Baked book. This coffee cake looks delicious...I definitely need to make this soon! :)
- January 16, 2011 at 8:37 PM
- lynne said...
Yum! Your cake looks amazing! I love the glass milk carton, btw!
- January 17, 2011 at 2:52 AM
- Grace said...
I've tried some of the recipes from the gentleman that wrote this book and I absolutely loved them. This coffee cake looks amazing. There was a write up in the Food and Travel magazine (November issue) on these gentleman, great story about their journey. Looking forward to purchasing the cookbook.
- January 17, 2011 at 3:32 AM
Check out Amazon for the cute milk carton! Half Pint - Mini Carton Creamer.
The coffee cake looks perfect!
- January 17, 2011 at 5:58 AM
- Claudie said...
Your coffee cake looks just perfect: the texture, the shape, everything.
I also understand what you mean by expecting coffee cake to taste like coffee... I had the same belief when I came to the USA too. Still, I guess once we taste how tasty it is, we quickly get over the disappointment, right?
- January 17, 2011 at 8:24 AM
Did you use a springform pan to bake this cake? If so, what size did you use?
- January 17, 2011 at 8:39 AM
- delphcotecuisine said...
gorgeous ann yummy
lovely pics too
- January 17, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- Carolyn Jung said...
Great coffee and an irresistible slab of coffee cake -- now that's the way to start off the day. Yum! I mean, how could any day turn bad when it begins that sweet, right? ;)
- January 17, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- foodie and the chef said...
Oh that looks to-die-for, and your photos are just beautiful ! I will lap up any dessert with coffee in it; I just can't seem to get enough of the liquid gold :)
- January 17, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- Sophia said...
Yummy! This cake looks delicious! You should consider entering it into Recipe4Living's 5th Birthday Recipe Contest! The site is turning 5 years old, and we're giving away a Scharffen Berger gift basket to the top birthday cake that's submitted!
- January 17, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- Tryabreathmint said...
I love the glass milk container, such creative fusion of form and function. The coffee cake looks delicious, thanks for sharing the recipe
- January 18, 2011 at 8:21 PM
- Meaghan Luby said...
that is beautiful. so simple and delicious! i cannot wait to make this!!!
i love your blog, i just came across it, this is spectacular!
thanks for posting :)
- January 18, 2011 at 10:51 PM
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- January 21, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- Tanvi@Sinfully Spicy said...
Beautiful Cake with chocolate and cinnamon..Love the pictures.
- January 22, 2011 at 4:02 PM
- ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...
Oh i soo want the cake and now:-)
Sooo pretty a cake and delightful too !
And an absolutely wonderful blog!
UR pics are crystal clear and colors perfect!
I know its u , but would love to know what cam u use:-))
Which Baked is this adaptd from?
Thannxx a ton and wodnerful day!
- January 24, 2011 at 7:04 AM
The cake is just achingly gorgeous!! And your photography is amazing!! Thanks for leaving a trail on my blog so I can bookmark and stalk this page officially!
- January 25, 2011 at 5:56 AM
How did I miss this post of yours? The cake looks toothsome, just delish. I fall short of just having one serving, my rule, when it comes to coffee cake.
- January 27, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- elia@feedyoursister said...
THis sounds delicious, I love coffee cake!! I just made a similar kind of cake with chocolate chips, sugar, cinnamon, and pecans in the middle of a pound cake recipe....it came out great, will be posting the recipe soon!! Or try this Nutella loaf!!
- January 28, 2011 at 10:32 PM
I tried this recipesterday - it's wonderful! - and used a rectangular pan because I didn't think I had a round pan that would work. May I ask what kind of pan you used to make yours? Thanks!
- February 6, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
alba: I used a springform pan (like the kind you would use to make cheesecake). I'm glad you enjoyed the cake!
- February 7, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Elia@FeedYourSister said...
Hi again, so I finally got around to making this cake, and I was so excited, but now I'm sad...i used a loaf pan bc I didn't have a round pan, and it completely overflowed all over the place, now no crumble topping is left on top of the cake! Boo! However, I tasted the fallen cake pieces and it's delicious.
I'm interested to know how high you filled the spring-form pan and how yours didn't overflow like mine?!?!
Also the recipe makes a huge amount of, crumble and batter, I'd say definitely enough to bake two loaves if I fill it half way up and then I probably wouldn't get overflow, right?
Please help!
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If you don't know what you want, go after what you admire. This advice was given to me by a successful reporter friend of mine more than 10 years ago, and it has served me well whenever I was feeling a little lost, especially when it came to work. I passed this, as well as a few other tips, on to a public relations intern recently, in the last few moments of my gainful employment.
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Homepage: http://www.luakit.org
Description: a webkit-gtk based, micro-browser framework in Lua
It is a webkit based, low footprint browser written in C and Lua, modeled after awesome wm, my favorite window manager 😉
Vim-like bindings, low memory usage, lua configuration file (if you use awesome you will feel at home) and rapid development are some of luakit's key points.
To try it out:
emerge -av luakit
(~testing only, so you have to keyword it if running stable)
For more information, visit the luakit website, or join #luakit (OFTC IRC network) 🙂


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Ask Jimmy and the Bug
art by Dean Stanton, text by Ellen Braaf
Hey Jimmy! Jaron A. wants to know: What happens to stuff that goes down the toilet?
Where does all this stuff go?
In the United States, we flush more than 5 billion gallons of water down the toilet every day. Wastewater from your toilets, sinks, bathtub, shower, dishwasher, and washing machine flows into a small pipe under your home. In areas with public sewers, this pipe connects to a system of larger underground pipes that carries the dirty water (sewage) to a treatment plant.
Gravity does most of the work, but sometimes pumps help move the water along. In the treatment plant, wastewater is cleaned in stages. Screens catch the big stuff. Solids separate from the liquid in settling tanks. Skimmers remove the stuff that floats. Scrapers remove the stuff that sinks.
Helpful microorganisms (bacteria and other tiny living creatures) "feast" on the waste in the water and digest it. Added chemicals kill harmful microorganisms, then the cleaned water is released into a nearby stream, river, or lake.
The solid stuff removed from wastewater is baked into "sludge cakes" and buried or burned.
- Name four tools that are used to separate the different parts of wastewater.
[anno: Four tools that are used to separate the different parts of wastewater are screens, settling tanks, skimmers, and scrapers.]
- What happens to wastewater that has been treated and cleaned?
[anno: Wastewater that has been treated and cleaned is released into nearby streams, lakes, or rivers.]
- What would happen if wastewater were not separated and treated? Write a paragraph describing the effects of not separating and treating wastewater.
[anno: Answers will vary but could include that if wastewater is not separated and treated, the amount of clean water on the planet is reduced each day. The untreated water could end up polluting lakes, rivers, and streams. If the water were not released but just stored, there would not be enough storage room after a while for the wastewater.]


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Pay and Benefits Watch - Family MattersPresident Obama's executive order expanding job opportunities for veterans in federal agencies made headlines last week. He also marked Veterans Day by signing into law a bill that makes it easier for the families of service members to navigate the complicated landscape of rules governing their benefits during reassignments. The 2009 Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (S. 475) allows the husbands ...Published about 9 years ago |
Gunman Shoots Two Federal Employees at Las Vegas CourthouseA gunman fatally shot one federal employee and wounded another at a Las Vegas federal courthouse before being killed by U.S. marshals on Monday morning. The victims were a court security officer and a deputy U.S. marshal, who was listed in stable condition. "I can receive no news more grim or sobering than word of a line-of-duty death or injury to ...Published about 9 years ago |
Equal Raises for Defense Employees in 2010, No Matter the Pay SystemPay increases will be the same in 2010 for almost all Defense Department employees, regardless of whether they are covered by the controversial pay-for-performance or General Schedule system, the Pentagon has decided. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates's conclusion provides yet another measure of the troubled state of pay-for-performance, the National Security Personnel System, which was created by the Bush administration to ...Published over 9 years ago |
OPM Chief Floats Ideas on Personnel System FixIn greater detail than he has before, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry outlined his thinking on remaking the federal personnel system during a speech this week. His address to a Human Capital Management: Federal conference was part of a series of discussions he is holding to help in the monumental task of developing a new civil service system. With ...Published about 9 years ago |
Game Developer's Newest 'Call of Duty': Help Vets Find JobsA video game company is donating $1 million on Tuesday to set up a foundation to help veterans find employment, organizers announced. Activision Blizzard, which produces the popular Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk franchises, said its Call of Duty Endowment (CODE) will support other groups that assist veterans with their careers. Unemployment may have hit double digits in the nation last ...Published over 9 years ago |
Agency Chief Makes the Case for TeleworkingOffice of Personnel Management Director John Berry sees great advantages to having federal workers stay home. That wouldn't mean taking the day off, however. Berry is an advocate of teleworking and is asking federal managers and employees to help sell the idea to skeptical managers and lawmakers. Berry was making his pitch Thursday, the same day that Washington area commuters experienced ...Published over 9 years ago |
Obama Stands Firm on 2 Percent Civilian Pay HikeCiting the ongoing economic crisis and a ballooning federal budget, President Obama announced he would use his authority to set a 2 percent pay raise for federal employees starting in January 2010. The proposal angered employee groups and lawmakers who have pushed for pay parity between civilians and members of the military, who are slated to receive a 3.4 percent raise ...Published over 9 years ago |
Government Scandal Wrap-Up Summer 2009Scandals are like car accidents. No one wants it to happen to them, but everyone still rubber-necks to see that poor soul when things hit the fan. GovCentral has shown serious dedication and sacrifice by scouring the Internets to bring you the most memorable scandals of Summer 2009. Obama Kills a Fly. Shows No Remorse [page] The Colbert ReportMon - ...Published over 9 years ago |
Swine Flu: 10 Things You Need to KnowSince it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000. This summer, the virus has been surprisingly tenacious in the U.S., refusing to fade away as flu viruses usually do. And health officials predict a ...Published over 9 years ago |
Obama calls for loan forgiveness for public service, transparencyIn a State of the Union address that ranged from job creation to education reform, President Obama also called for restoring trust in government, streamlining the federal budget, and extending debt forgiveness to students who spend 10 years in public service careers. Saying "no one should go broke because they choose to go to college," Obama proposed a program that would ...Published about 9 years ago |
GSA Designing Next Generation of USA.govIn recent years, the web portal, USA.GOV has become one of the most popular destinations in the federal government's web presence. But now, the site's managers are plotting the "next generation" of the site, at a time when social collaboration tools are reshaping the way that people use the World Wide Web. David McClure, associate administrator with the Office of Citizen ...Published over 9 years ago |
Defense takes aim at contractor business systemsThe Defense Department is getting tough on contractors that fail to maintain adequate controls against waste, fraud and abuse. In a draft rule posted Friday in the Federal Register, Defense proposed allowing contracting officers to withhold payments from companies with certain deficiencies in their business systems. A clause would be added to contracts requiring firms to certify that they have no ...Published about 9 years ago |
Personnel Chiefs on the Hook for Hiring ReformIn early May, President Obama released a long-anticipated hiring reform memorandum, replacing a requirement that federal job applicants respond to essay questions with a resume-based approach more in line with private sector practices. The memo also outlined new responsibilities for managers and supervisors, requiring them to get more involved in the hiring process. The job of making sure the hiring reform ...Published over 8 years ago |
With Jobs Order, Obama Gives Veterans More to CelebratePresidential executive orders are lofty, historical documents, generally signed in White House ceremonies with pomp and circumstance. Seldom do we think of them beginning in a small town on the eastern edge of West Virginia. But it was in Shepherdstown, with a population of 803 at last count, where President Obama's latest executive order, designed to facilitate the hiring of veterans ...Published over 9 years ago |
AP Exclusive: Tourists Enjoy White House BreakfastWASHINGTON -- It wasn't a state dinner, and they didn't crash it on purpose. Still, a Georgia couple who showed up at the White House a day early for a tour somehow wound up at an invitation-only breakfast with President Barack Obama and the first lady. It left the White House once again explaining how people who were not on an ...Published about 9 years ago |
Ginsburg Briefly Hospitalized, Released Thurs.WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, was kept at a hospital overnight after she became drowsy and fell from her seat aboard an airplane. Court officials blamed a reaction to medicine. Ginsburg was taken to Washington Hospital Center around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday by paramedics and released Thursday morning, court officials said. Ginsburg, ...Published over 9 years ago |
Obama Signs 3.4 Percent Raise For MilitaryPresident Obama signed into law on Monday a 3.4 percent pay raise for service members in 2010, while federal employee unions said they would push for parity between civilian and military pay in 2011. The military pay raise, included in the fiscal 2010 Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 3326), was 0.5 percent higher than the 2.9 percent raise Obama requested in his ...Published about 9 years ago |
Getting Back to Job Creation BasicsPresident Obama recently noted that, by itself, government cannot replace the 8.2 million jobs lost over the past two years. What government can do, he said, is "help to create the conditions" for renewed hiring. We couldn't agree more. The question is whether Congress will do what is needed. The job situation is dire. But Republicans have apparently decided that grandstanding ...Published almost 9 years ago |
Too Old for Foreign Service Work?On Nov. 3, 2008, Elizabeth Colton, a Foreign Service officer, received an e-mail with good news: She had been offered a two-year posting as chief of the political-economic section at the U.S. Embassy in Algiers. "Congratulations!" wrote Maggie Nardi, acting director of the Office of Maghreb Affairs in the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. "On behalf of NEA and ...Published over 9 years ago |
12 die in dual shootings at Fort Hood, TexasFORT HOOD, Texas – A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in the attack. The shooting began around 1:30 p.m., Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said at a news conference. He ...Published over 9 years ago |


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