Quick Cream Cheese Breakfast Cake

By Joan_Z

Ingredients

• Struesal:
• 1/2 cup butter - soft
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3 oz cream cheese - softened
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400. Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.

Combine flour, baking powder & salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.

Stir together 3 oz cream cheese - softened - & 1 tablespoon sugar. Dollop cream cheese mixture, 1 teaspoon at a time, over batter.

Sprinkle with streusel.

Bake at 400 for 22-24 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. (If not using cream cheese mixture, decrease baking time to 20-22 minutes)