Butterscotch Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 (12 ounce) package butterscotch chips
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons milk or 2 tablespoons half-and-half cream
• 3 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup cold butter (no substitutions)
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter (no substitutions)
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease a 13" x 9" baking pan.
• 3 in the microwave, melt the butterscotch baking chips (watch closely not to scorch the chips).
• 4 in a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and milk (or cream if using); stir in melted butterscotch chips; set aside.
• 5 combine flour, sugar, baking soda and baking powder.
• 6 cut in cold butter, until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• 7 in another bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk and vanilla; stir into flour mixture just to moisten.
• 8 in prepared baking pan, spread the butterscotch/cream cheese mixture evenly in the bottom of the pan.
• 9 spoon the buttermilk cake batter over the butterscotch crust; sprinkle with the topping.
• 10 bake for 40-45 minutes.
• 11 to make the topping: combine the flour and sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs, stir in pecans; sprinkle over top of cake before baking.