CAKE
3/4 cup whole milk
1 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup butter, melted
TOPPING
1/4 cup unsalted, softened but not melty
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 tablespoon all purpose flour
1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Cream Cheese Icing
2 ounces regular cream cheese, softened
1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2-1 1/2 tablespoons milk
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350F, with rack on lower middle position. Spray a 9×13 pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Whisk together the milk, eggs, vanilla, and sugar.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
Fold the milk mixture together with the flour mixture. Drizzle in the melted butter, stirring to fully combine. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
Mix together all the topping ingredients, except for nuts, until well combined. Mixture will be soft. Stir in the nuts.
Drop topping evenly over batter in the baking pan.
Bake 33 to 37 minutes. Cake will appear wet in certain spots, due to melted butter; be sure to insert toothpick into the cake portion (not melted butter portions) in center of cake. When it comes out almost clean, with a few moist crumbs attached, it’s done.
Let cake cool on wire rack while you make the cream cheese icing.
Use an electric mixer or stand mixer to blend softened cream cheese with melted butter until smooth. Gently mix in powdered sugar and up to 3 tablespoons milk, until a thick drizzle consistency is reached. Drizzle cream cheese icing over warm or cooled cake. Leftovers keep very well in airtight container at room temp.
Serves 18 to 20.
NOTE: Very good and a keeper recipe. I omitted the nuts as I am allergic to nuts and the coffee cake turned out very good. Tasted just like cinnamon rolls without all the work.