Ingredients

The following ingredients have 19 Servings
  • 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp table salt
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup butter (melted)
  • 1/2 cup salted butter (softened but not melty)
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar (packed)
  • 1 TB all purpose flour
  • 1 TB ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  • Cream Cheese Icing
  • 4 oz regular cream cheese (fully softened)
  • 1 TB salted butter (melted)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1-3 TB milk

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350F, with rack on lower middle position. Grease a 9x13 pan and set aside.
  • In a bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, vanilla extract, and sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Using a rubber spatula, fold the milk mixture together with the flour mixture just until no dry flour streaks remain; do not overmix. Drizzle in the melted butter, gently folding to fully combine. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
  • In a bowl, mix together all the topping ingredients, except for nuts, until well combined (the paddle attachment of a stand mixer works well here, but whisking by hand will work.) Mixture will be soft. Stir in the nuts. Drop topping in small spoonfuls evenly over entire top of batter, including corners and edges. Bake 33-37 minutes. Cake will appear wet in certain spots due to the melted topping; be sure to insert toothpick into a cake-only portion when testing for doneness (avoid testing parts of cake that are coated with melty topping.) When toothpick comes out almost clean, with a few moist crumbs attached, it's done. Do not overbake or your cake may become dry.
  • 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 3TB 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.