Strawberry Jam Coffee Cake

Submitted by breezermom

"Sometimes I just want something other than bacon and eggs for breakfast."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 15

ingredients

• Cake

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

• Filling

• 1 (18 ounce) jar strawberry preserves
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• Topping

• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

directions

1. Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 3/4 cup sugar, beating well. Combine eggs, milk, and vanilla; add to the cream cheese mixture. Beat well.
2. Combine the flour and next 3 ingredients; add to the cream cheese mixture, mixing at low speed until blended.
3. Spoon half of the batter into a greased and floured 13x9x2 inch pan. Combine the strawberry preserves and lemon juice; spread over the batter in the pan. Dollop the remaining batter over the strawberry mixture.
4. Combine the pecans and brown sugar; sprinkle over the batter in the pan.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutes before serving. Cut into squares to serve.

Reviews

[daniannapants]

So good! This is in my husband's top 5 favorite things I've ever made. I've made this twice and modified the batter a bit the second time. Like another reviewer, I had difficulties spreading the batter due to thickness so I used 1/2 cup of milk the second time to make the batter more manageable.

 

[Lucky in Bayview]

Very good! I did have some trouble getting the batter to spread. I used toasted lightly salted pecans from Trader Joe's and I thought they really added.I'm looking froward to trying this tomorrow morning with coffee. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

 

[KateL]

An instant favorite at our home! DH can't stop talking about how much he loves this particular coffeecake. Using a 13x9-inch pan, half the batter just barely covered the bottom of the pan, and I had to play with the top half for coverage. The topping covered almost all of the coffeecake. So next time, I might increase the batter and the topping mixture to make it easier on me. (DH would be upset if I made a smaller coffeecake instead!) Made for Spring Photo Tag.