Tongue Twister Coffee Cake

When we lived in Mountain View, California one of our favorite breakfast places was Hobee's.  They are famous for their coffee cakes and for good reason. The best coffee cake I have ever had was here and it had bananas and chunks of toffee in it. When we moved back to Oklahoma, my husband wanted me to recreate that cake so we could get our fix. It has become a staple in our house and my daughter has christened it "Banana Toffee Woffee Coffee Cake". Try that three times fast. At any rate, I thought I would see if there were similar recipes on Pinterest and was surprised that there weren't any. So I thought I would share my creation.

I have made it with low fat sour cream, regular sour cream, and vanilla greek yogurt. They all work fine. The greek yogurt makes it super moist. I calculated calories for anyone interested using greek yogurt and it comes to approximately 184 calories per slice without any extra butter on top.  Enjoy and let me know how it worked for you!

Banana Toffee Woffee Coffee Cake

Serves about 16 depending on size of pieces

1 1/2 C. all purpose flour
1 C. granulated sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
2 large eggs
1 8oz package sour cream,( regular or reduced fat) OR 1 cup non fat vanilla greek yogurt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 bananas, very ripe and mashed
1 bag  milk chocolate toffee bits
Cooking spray

Topping
1/3 C. brown sugar
2 Tbsp.unsalted  butter softened 

1 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375.  In large mixing bowl, sift flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.  In a separate bowl, use a mixer and beat together the eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and bananas.  Add egg mixture to flour mixture and beat until smooth.  Spray a 9" x 9" square baking pan with cooking spray.  Spread the batter in pan.  Sprinkle 1 C. of toffee bits onto the batter, patting in with a spoon.  In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients with a fork until it forms chunks and is well mixed.  Place chunks on top of batter.  Bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.  Optional: serve with unsalted butter.