Cheese Streusel Coffee Cake

by Marilyn Herman and Sue Liberty

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Category: Breakfast
Difficulty: Medium
Time: 75 minutes
Yield: 6 servings

Cream cheese, lemon, and yellow cake coffee cake

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 package yellow cake mix, divided
  • 1 package active dry yeast
  • 1 cup flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 2/3 cups warm water (105° - 115°)

Cheese Filling

  • 16 ounces cream cheese, softened (2 packages)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon flour
  • 1 Tablespoon lemon juice

Topping

  • 6 Tablespoon butter, softened
  • 0 remaining cake mix

Glaze

  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon corn syrup
  • 1 Tablespoon water

Instructions

  1. Grease a 9" x 13" baking pan. Preheat to 350°.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups yellow cake mix with yeast, flour, eggs, and water. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Spread thick batter in greased baking pan.
  3. Blend together the ingredients for the cheese filling: cream cheese, eggs, sugar, flour, and lemon juice. Drop spoonfuls of cheese filling on top of the batter in the pan and spread to cover.
  4. Make topping by adding the 6 Tablespoons of margarine or butter to remaining yellow cake mix. Mix until crumbly and sprinkle over cheese filling.
  5. Bake 40-45 minutes. For glaze mix confectioners' sugar with corn syrup and water. Drizzle over baked cooled cake.

Notes

Actually, this only serves 1 Shawn and 1 Matt. Matt's favorite coffee cake. Freezes well.

Created: 1997-12-21 | Last modified: 2024-01-01

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