Brown Sugar Cake with Toffee Streusel Recipe

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan and set aside.

Combine flour sugar brown sugar baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt in the bowl of an electric mixer. Stir until well blended. Cut in butter with a pastry knife or fork until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Set aside 1/2 cup of the mixture.

Whisk buttermilk egg and vanilla extract until the egg is well incorporated. Add buttermilk mixture to the mixer bowl and mix on medium speed 4 to 5 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl if necessary. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Stir together reserved flour mixture mini chocolate chips English toffee bits pecans and remaining salt in a small bowl until well mixed. Sprinkle toffee streusel evenly over the cake batter.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack about 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature directly from the baking pan.