Cream Cheese Coffee Cake by Heidi Hoffman

(prep time 30 min., bake time 40 min)

Topping: Cut ¼ C butter into mixture of ½ C flour & ½ C brown sugar
until it looks like coarse crumbs.
Sift together and set aside: 2 C flour ½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt 3 Tbs. baking powder
Cream: ½ C margarine or butter 8 oz. cream cheese
1 ¼ C sugar
Add to cream mixture: 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla
Add to cream mixture, stirring well after each addition:
½ of flour mixture
¼ C milk
¼ flour mixture
¼ C milk
Last ¼ flour mixture
Pour into greased 13 X 9 pan.
Sprinkle with crumb topping, then with 2-3 oz. coconut.
Bake at 350 40 min. until toothpick comes out clean.