Cream cheese coffee cake

Hubby kept nagging at me that I didn't make his favourite cake - Coffee cake. So I took some time to modify this coffee cake recipe I found online. Couldn't put in blueberry as my hubby hates fruits and needed to change some of the ingredients as I did not have them at home.

For the cake base:
1 1/2 c rice flour mix ( I used plain flour)1/4 t salt
1/4 t xanthan gum (I don't know what is this, so I didn't put this in)2 t baking powder
1/4 c butter, softened
1/4 c sugar
1 egg
2/3 c milk
1 t vanilla (I added 1 t of coffee essense too)

Preheat oven to 190 degree celscius. In a small bowl, blend together the flour mix, salt, xanthan gum, and baking powder, then set aside. Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the egg, followed by the milk. Add the vanilla, then stir in the flour mixture. Blend well, then spread into a 8x8 pan or an 8" pie/tart pan.

For the cream cheese layer:
8 oz cream cheese, softened

1 egg yolk
1/4 c sugar
2 t lemon juice or vanilla

Smoosh the cream cheese together with the egg, sugar, and lemon juice. Beat until smooth, and drop big spoonfuls on top of the coffee mix.

For the streusel layer:
2 T rice flour or almond meal (I used plain flour)
2 T butter
3 T sugar
1/2 t cinnamon

Mash together all the ingredients with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over the cheese layer.

Bake the cake about 45-60 minutes, until no longer jiggley in the center, and starting to brown. Cool completely before serving.