Fantastic Buttery Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter (no substitutes)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 cup butter (semi-soft)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees (oven rack set to second-lowest position).
• 2 grease a 13 x 9-inch (or an 11 x 7-inch, baking time will need to be increased slightly).
• 3 cream butter with sugar (about 3-4 minutes), add in eggs and sour cream; beat well (about another 3 minutes).
• 4 in a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• 5 add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture; beat well until combined (batter will be thick).
• 6 spread more than half of the batter in the prepared baking pan.
• 7 in another bowl, cream together all filling ingredients, then carefully spread over the cake batter.
• 8 spoon the remaining cake batter over the top of the cheese mixture (it doesn't have to cover the cake batter completely, i just dot tablespoonfuls over the batter).
• 9 for the topping (i most always double the ingredients) mix all ingredients, and sprinkle over cake.
• 10 bake for about 50-55 minutes or until middle feels set and not jiggly.