Cream Cheese and Raspberry Coffee Cake
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 12 cup margarine or 12 cup butter
- 1 34 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 14 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 12 teaspoon baking soda
- 12 teaspoon vanilla
- 12 cup seedless red raspberry preserves
- powdered sugar
- Grease a Bundt pan; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl beat cream cheese and margarine or butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds or till combined.
- Add about half of the flour to the cream cheese mixture.
- Then add the sugar, eggs, milk, baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla.
- Beat on low speed till thoroughly combined, scraping the sides of the bowl.
- Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Then beat in remaining flour on low speed just till combined.
- Place about 1/3 of batter in prepared pan, spread to cover the bottom of pan completely.
- Add the jam and mix on low (or by hand) to remaining batter, until jam has been broken up and spread through out.
- You do not want it mixed completely into the batter but rather grape size bits spread through out it.
- Place in pan on top of first layer of batter.
- Bake in a 350F oven about 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Loosen and invert the coffee cake onto the wire rack; cool completely.
- Sift powdered sugar over the top.
- Serve warm or cooled.
cream cheese, margarine, flour, sugar, eggs, milk, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, red raspberry preserves, powdered sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cream-cheese-and-raspberry-coffee-cake-91790 (may not work)