Grammy's Kitchen · Coffee Cake · Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Orange & Chocola
One of 78 coffee cake recipes we measured
from alexandracooks.com
It ranks #76 of 78 for moistness among the coffee cake recipes we compared. 4 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 4.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 78.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 101% | 63% |
| total sugar | 103% | 109% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 50% | 42% |
| egg | 67% | 30% |
| leavener | 5% | 2% |
| salt | 3% | 1% |
| liquid | 103% | 69% |
| mix-ins | 76% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 224 g | 1 3/4 (224 g) cups unbleached all-purpose flour |
| 114 g | 1/2 (114 g) cup sugar |
| 116 g | 1/2 (116 g) cup light brown sugar |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon kosher salt |
| Zest of 1 orange | |
| 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed (or not) orange juice | |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract |
| 150 g | 3 large eggs |
| 230 g | 1 cup sour cream |
| 227 g | 1 cup butter, melted |
| 170 g | 1 scant cup semisweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate from a bar |
Method: 5 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Cake tastes absolutely wonderful. I decreased the melted butter to 2/3 cups - next time I'll try 1/2 cup - it was moist but maybe too moist. Most of the chips settled - I tried the flouring tip but likely not enough (1 Tbsp vs 2 Tbsp). I will definitely tr” — a cook, 4.0★
“Great cake, Alexandra! Really soft and delicious. Maybe a bit on the greasy side, so need to adjust that accordingly. Even I noticed that the chocolate chips sank to the bottom.” — a cook, 4.0★