Easy Polish Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

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I stole this recipe for Easy Polish Cream Cheese Coffee Cake from mariasskitchen.com. This layered coffee cake is a delicious addition to any breakfast or brunch. A cake layer is made with sugar, sour cream, flour, baking soda, baking powder and an egg. Half of the cake batter is spread into a baking pan, then a filling made with cream cheese, sugar and an egg is spread on top. Next the remaining cake batter is dropped on top of the cream cheese filling. Finally a topping is made with pecans, brown sugar, flour and butter. After baking this yummy coffee cake is ready to eat.

Did you know? A coffee cake is a rich, sweet cake-like bread usually served for breakfast or brunch. Coffee cakes often contain fruit, nuts and sometimes a cream cheese filling. They can be frosted or not and are usually best served slightly warm.¹ (see more trivia in the Trivia tab)

The ingredients for this recipe are: 1 ½ cups white sugar, 1 cup butter, 2 egg, 1 cup sour cream, 1 tsp vanilla, 3 ⅓ cups AP flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, ½ cup chopped pecans and ½ cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 9×13 baking pan. Beat 1 cup sugar, ½ cup butter and 1 egg in a bowl until smooth.

Then add in sour cream and vanilla; mix well.

Stir in 3 cups flour, baking soda and baking powder until mixture comes together in a sticky dough.

Next spread half of the dough evenly into prepared pan.

Beat cream cheese, ½ cup sugar and egg in another bowl until smooth. Spoon mixture evenly over dough.

Then drop remaining half of dough by spoonfuls over cream cheese mixture.

Next make the topping: mix pecans, brown sugar, ⅓ cup flour and ⅓ cup butter in a bowl until mixture resembles a coarse crumble; sprinkle over dough.

Bake in oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

Slice and serve!

If you liked the recipe for Easy Polish Cream Cheese Coffee Cake you can try other coffee cake recipes like Impossibly Easy Banana Bread Coffee Cake, Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll Cake, Red, White & Blue Coffee Cake, Strawberry Cheesecake Coffee Cake or Buttermilk Coffee Cake.

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Easy Polish Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

This layered coffee cake is a delicious addition to any breakfast or brunch. A cake layer is made with sugar, sour cream, flour, baking soda, baking powder and an egg. Half of the cake batter is spread into a baking pan, then a filling made with cream cheese, sugar and an egg is spread on top. Next the remaining cake batter is dropped on top of the cream cheese filling. Finally a topping is made with pecans, brown sugar, flour and butter. After baking this yummy coffee cake is ready to eat.
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 12 people

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups AP flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Filling:

  • 2 packages (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 egg

Topping:

  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup AP flour
  • ⅓ cup butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 9×13 baking pan.
  2. Beat 1 cup sugar, ½ cup butter and 1 egg in a bowl until smooth. Add in sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Stir in 3 cups flour, baking soda and baking powder until mixture comes together in a sticky dough. Spread half of the dough evenly into prepared pan.
  3. Beat cream cheese, ½ cup sugar and egg in another bowl until smooth. Spoon mixture evenly over dough. Drop remaining half of dough by spoonfuls over cream cheese mixture.
  4. Mix pecans, brown sugar, ⅓ cup flour and ⅓ cup butter in a bowl until mixture resembles a coarse crumble; sprinkle over dough.
  5. Bake in oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.