This lovely breakfast cake graced our Sunday morning table. Served warm with butter, it was outstanding. If you are like me, I have always placed cornbread in the savory category of foods, however with chocolate chips, it is the perfect coffee companion.
I recently found this recipe in an old issue of Gourmet Magazine. I must admit I do miss that publication, however I found a stack of about five old issues I had never looked at, what a score.
After the Cornmeal-Blueberry Scones, I wasn’t done with cornmeal and craved something else, well…”corny”.
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Anyways, this little cake is moist with the perfect layers of sweetness. I was given an all around thumbs up for this one. I guarantee you will too, give it a try.
Sift and whisk together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
Stir in chocolate chips.
In a medium bowl, mix together milk, oil and eggs.
Add milk mixture to the dry ingredients; stir just enough to blend. Pour into a 9 x 5 x 3 metal loaf pan that has been coated with nonstick cooking spray. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Invert carefully onto a cooling rack. Cool slightly.
Slice and serve warm with lots of butter.
Chocolate Chip Cornbread Breakfast Cake
Adapted from Gourmet Magazine
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips
1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
Sift and whisk together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Stir in chocolate chips.
In a medium bowl, mix together milk, oil and eggs. Add milk mixture to the dry ingredients; stir just enough to blend. Pour into a 9 x 5 x 3 metal loaf pan that has been coated with nonstick cooking spray. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Invert carefully onto a cooling rack. Cool slightly.
Slice and serve warm with lots of butter.
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This is an unusual take on cornbread!
My mom’s favorite corn bread is almost more like a dessert cake and is so good. I can only imagine how much better it is with chocolate chips! Sounds good to me!
How wonderful combining two things I love: cornbread and chocolate chips! And serving them for breakfast, which is even better.
More like a breakfast, lunch and dinner cake, if you ask me… 😉
You and all this cornbread are going to kill me. I swear.
When I was a kid we would break up left over corn bread, put it in a glass, and pour milk over it. I’ll bet this would be amazing like that!
Oh, my GOD that looks so great! Makes me hungry!!!
Now that is cornbread I need to taste!
Fabulous idea! I would have never thought to put chocolate chips in cornbread but now I wonder how I could not. I will be trying this soon.
Oooh, I love you being in this “corny” mood, Cathy! 😉 I’ve made cornmeal pound cake before that was terrific and great cornmeal cookies, but never combined cornmeal with chocolate. YUM!
Thank you!
Shirley
I love the nutty taste of cornmeal so I am definitely not finished experimenting with it. My children will be smiling all the way to school with a slice or 2 of this bread in their tum-tums!!!
Mmmmm Yes, I want this for breakfast every morning. 🙂
One more food I want to be alone with.
Looks great! I love that melted butter on top!
I would have never thought to put chocolate chips in corn bread. I am so making this!
Oh, I love that this is just barely sweet, with only 1/4 c sugar. I would love this for breakfast. Yum.
Oh my… so good looking!
That is a fine looking breakfast, lunch, dinner and in between cake with chocolate chips:-).
Now this is something very different. I”m sure great. Gourmet Magazine is greatly missed. I’m glad I have a stack of them.
Oh man, you’re killing me. This looks delicious – wonder how well it would keep in my “hidey hole” cause I’d have to keep it away from the big guy or I wouldn’t get a crumb! LOL
I would never had thought to add chocolate to corn bread. I would love a slice with my morning coffee.
Oh, I love any excuse to get out chocolate chips.
More cornmeal, breakfast goodness…count me in.
excellent way to sneak chocolate into breakfast and delightful vehicle for MORE BUTTER. pretty, too. 🙂
I’m not a fan of chocolate chips, but I have a house full of people who are! I’d surely be adored on a Sunday morning after serving this!
Uhhh, yeah… I will be making this.
This is perfect because I’ve been on a cornmeal kick lately. I’d love to have a slice of this with a cappuccino.
Love everything about this dish! I will miss my Gourmet magazine too – but I’ve got plenty more!
Happy Monday – hope all is well with you!
I’m just loving all the things you are doing with cornmeal! Much as this loaf looks wonderful (and I WILL try it), I just read the scone post. My oh my. I’m making that one first!
I’m thinking you must have gotten a barrel load of cornmeal somewhere, LOL! Another delicious cornmeal dish that isn’t cornbread. Bravo!
I love the idea of cornmeal in a chocolate chip bread. I would imagine the crust would have a little crunch. I’ll definitely have to try this some time. Thanks for sharing!
I adore corn bread – but seriously, this is trouble for me — cornbread WITH chocolate. WHO knew!? Thanks so much for sharing. The corn bread scones were divine!!!
Wow you are on a corn meal kick! I miss Gourmet already too…
I think I’ll make a dozen of these, drive oot to a log cabin in the middle of nowhere and eat them one by one so i don’t have to share..man this looks so good!
Looks delicious. I could easily have that for breakfast!
I must have missed this update! This look scrumptious. I might even have all the ingredients on hand 🙂
Yum. I love my cornbread on the sweet side rather than the southern tradition of having one with without sugar. Looks great withthe chocolate chips.
Wow! That’s really mouth-watering! I’ll really have a good morning seeing this on the top of my breakfast table. 🙂 I can’t wait to make this heavenly cornbread! Yummy!
Cath, I love any cornmeal “cake”.
Chocolate chips? Looks FANTASTIC!
I have to stay away from this recipe, or I would eat the whole loaf!
I have missed blogging and your delicious yummy recipes……these look so good…this bread and the scones before ….and I am missing reading you….trying to get my act together….you as ALWAYS are AMAZING!
Great quick bread! I made it today and it’s just perfect for breakfast (and any other time you want a snack!)
Moist and not too sweet, the cornbread really goes well with chocolate. I subbed butter instead of canola oil and ate it plain.
That cake looks very yummy! Thanks for giving in the recipe.
I made this and for some reason the chocolate chips sunk to the bottom of the cake and made it stick.
Any idea what I did wrong?
Gina
this is so unique! great recipe