Coffee cake

Last night while Jeff and I were enjoying a cup of tea he requested some coffee cake.  I wish i had had the energy to run upstairs and make it for him but I couldn't find it in me. This afternoon Aubrey and I decided to make something for dad as a surprise. On the menu;  "banana coffee cake"!

I found this recipe online:

We used our kitchen aid; using the paddle attachment we creamed the butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and yogurt instead of the sour cream.

What better way to start off baking than to turn up the tunes and sing a little!

The mixture looked kind of curdled but that completely smoothed out once we added the dry ingredients.

In a separate bowl Aubrey mixed the cinnamon, sugar and instead of nuts we added mini chips. 

We put half the batter on the bottom of the greased pan and then added the filling and then the remainder of the batter on top.

After 32 minutes at 350F it was perfect.  We let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then inverted it onto a plate and let it cool completely.

I had some left over icing from the baby shower cupcakes I made earlier today.  I didn't want to put blue icing on the coffee cake so I thought I'd add a tablespoon of cocoa to it.

This turned the icing a bit grey but nothing shaved chocolate can't fix!!!! 

The coffee cake is in the refrigerator waiting for Jeff!  He'll love it; it was definitly made with lots of love!