The Cookbook

I45 Cream Cheese Cake

1 stick butter/margarine –melted
1 box yellow cake mix
2 eggs beaten

Combine melted margarine, eggs and cake mix. Spread in a buttered 9 x 13 pan.

Combine:

8 oz. cream cheese
2 eggs –beaten
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Pinch salt

Beat until smooth. Pour over the cake batter mixture. If desired, sprinkle with nuts before baking.

Bake at 325 for 45 minutes or until cake is golden brown on top.

Cut into squares and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Variation: add crushed pineapple to cake batter. OR add coconut to cake batter.

(Name of cake: It is named I45 cake, ‘cause you can drive up and down I45 and not find a better cake!)

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