Cannoli Crumb Cake
Servings: 15 servings
Calories: 496kcal
This cannoli crumb cake is a rich vanilla cake with pockets of cream cheese nestled throughout. The cannoli part comes from the fact that you'll also add in a touch of cinnamon and mini chocolate chips to the cream cheese mixture. It's then topped with a brown sugar, cinnamon and mini chocolate chip crumble.
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Ingredients
Cream Cheese Filling:
- 2 8 oz pkgs cream cheese
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Crumb Topping:
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ¾ cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup melted butter
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Cake:
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 3 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup softened butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13 x 9 inch pan well and set aside. Before preparing the cake batter, you'll need to prepare the cream cheese filling and crumb topping
Cream Cheese Filling:
- In a bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add in the the sugar, egg, cinnamon and mini chips and mix well. Set aside.
Crumb Topping:
- In a bowl, add the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and melted butter, Mix well. Add in the mini chocolate chips and mix again. Set aside.
Cake:
- In a mixing bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla. Whisk well.
- Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture and mix until all incorporated.
- Add in the softened butter and mix until incorporated.
- Pour half of the batter into a 13 x 9 inch pan. Add the cream cheese filling by spoonfuls onto the batter. Top with the second half of the cake batter. Use a knife to swirl the batter just a bit.
- Sprinkle the crumb topping over the entire cake.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 - 50 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack completely before serving.
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Notes
This cake should be kept in the refrigerator, since it contains a cream cheese filling.
Heat it in the microwave for a few seconds and enjoy it with coffee!
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Nutrition
Calories: 496kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 325mg | Potassium: 191mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 580IU | Calcium: 105mg | Iron: 2mg