This is a great recipe that I found in the Southern Cooking cookbook.
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping (recipe below)
Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix at low speed after each addition. Then stir in vanilla.
Pour batter into a greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Sprinkle with topping. Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes or until toothpick stuck in center of cake comes out clean.
Topping
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup butter, melted
Combine all ingredients to make the topping.
This has got to be one of the best tasting coffee cakes I have ever tried. Try it, you won't regret it. It's wonderfully light and moist and tastes best while still warm. Now I am off to watch the second episode of the new season of Hell's Kitchen..yay. :)
That looks really delightful! I do love cream cheese in coffee cake/baked goods -- so nice and creamy.
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