Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

By McLean

Ingredients

• Topping:
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup butter, melted

Details

Servings 9

Preparation

Step 1

Topping:
Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, once at a time, beating after each addition.

Combine flour, baking powder soda, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13-inch pan.

Prepare topping by combining topping ingredients.

Sprinkle cake with topping. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack.