Here’s a delicious recipe for Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread—soft, sweet, and swirled with creamy cheesecake filling:
Ingredients
For the bread:
- 2 ½ cups (315 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240 ml) sour cream or plain yogurt
- 1 ½ cups (150 g) fresh or frozen blueberries
For the cream cheese swirl:
- 8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Optional topping:
- 2 tbsp coarse sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven & prepare pan
- Preheat to 350°F (175°C).
- Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan and line with parchment paper.
- Make cream cheese filling
- In a bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Set aside.
- Prepare the bread batter
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
- Mix in sour cream.
- Gradually fold in dry ingredients until just combined.
- Gently fold in blueberries.
- Layer the bread and cream cheese
- Spread half of the batter in the pan.
- Spoon cream cheese mixture over the batter.
- Dollop the remaining batter on top and swirl lightly with a knife.
- Bake
- Sprinkle coarse sugar on top if desired.
- Bake 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- If the top browns too fast, cover loosely with foil.
- Cool & serve
- Let bread cool 15 minutes in the pan, then remove to a wire rack.
- Slice and enjoy—warm with butter or as is!
💡 Tips:
- Toss blueberries in a teaspoon of flour before folding in to prevent them from sinking.
- For extra flavor, add a pinch of lemon zest to the batter.
If you want, I can also give a quick version that uses a loaf pan and takes under an hour with almost the same creamy swirl. It’s a game-changer if you’re craving this on a weekday morning.
Do you want me to share that shortcut version too?
