Heath Bar Toffee Coffee Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup dark brown sugar (well packed)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature (no substitutes!)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 (1 1/2 ounce) heath candy bars, chopped (or use 1-1/2 cups skor toffee bits)
• 3/4 cup mini chocolate chip
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 butter a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• 3 in a medium bowl using an electric mixer on low speed, beat together flour, brown sugar, sugar, butter and salt until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 4 transfer 1/2 cup butter mixture to a bowl and mix in chopped heath bars (or toffee bits (if using) mini chocolate chips and pecans; set aside.
• 5 stir in the baking soda into the remaining butter/sugar mixture (not the one that you set aside).
• 6 add in buttermilk, egg and vanilla; beat until just combined.
• 7 transfer to prepared baking dish.
• 8 sprinkle with reserved toffee topping evenly over batter.
• 9 bake for about 35 minutes, or until golden brown and the cake tests done.
• 10 cool completely in baking dish and cut into squares.