Pumpkin Cheese Coffee Cake

About

This is a top-notch, slightly spiced coffee cake. The recipe was emailed to me by a co-worker, a few minutes after he brought in a sample of the item. Nice, tasty, moist cake is especially good with milk or coffee.


Ingredients

Cheesy Goodness

  • 8 oz. Cream Cheese (Softened)
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar


Crumbly Topping

  • 1/4 Cup Chopped Pecans
  • 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon


Main Batter

  • 2 Cups Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 1/4 Cup Pumpkin
  • 1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 1/4 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Salt


Oven Temperature

350°F


Steps

Cheesey Goodness

  • In a small mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese, egg, and sugar until smooth.
  • Set this odd-looking cheese mixture aside for use later.


Crumbly Topping

  • In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, pecans, and cinnamon with until well combined.
  • Set this crumbly topping aside for use later.


Main Batter

  • In your mixer's work bowl, beat the sugar, eggs, pumpkin, oil, and vanilla together until smooth.
  • Sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
  • Slowly add the flour mixture to mixer's work bowl, beating the batter until smooth.


Putting It All Together

  • Pour the main batter into a greased 13" x 9" cake pan and smooth to an even layer.
  • Apply the cheesey goodness in an even layer to the top of the batter. This is best handled by dropping bits on to the main batter, then spreading gently with a rubber spatula. Keep the cheesey goodness approx. 1/8" away from the edge of the pan to prevent burning.
  • Evenly sprinkle the crumbly topping over the entire cheesey goodness layer.
  • Bake for 35 - 40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Cool on a wire rack.


Special for Steve's Kitchen

  • Requires ~50 minutes to bake.
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