Cream Cheese Filled Crumb Cake

I adore entenamann's cheese filled coffee cake and wanted to try my own. Original recipe from teriskitchen.com. i halved the crumbs/batter for my square pan, but not the filling, as i like mine loaded. :)

Steps

Preheat oven to 350f.

Grease a 13x9x2-inch cake pan.

In a large bowl , combine the butter , flour , sugar , salt and baking powder.

Mix with your hands to form crumbs.

Take out just enough for crumbs on top of cake , about 3 / 4 cup.

Set aside.

To the remaining crumbs add the eggs and milk.

Beat well.

Place all filling ingredients into a medium bowl and beat with a whisk or mixer until smooth.

Spread half the batter into the cake pan.

Pour the cream cheese mixture on top to within about 1 / 2-inch of the edges.

Gently spread the remaining batter on top of the cream cheese.

Sprinkle the top with the reserved crumbs.

Bake for 40-45 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Remove from oven and set on a rack to cool.

To serve , cut into squares.

Leftover cake should be refrigerated after a day.

Ingredients

butter, all-purpose flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, eggs, milk, cream cheese, egg, vanilla extract