Here’s a soft, moist, and bakery-style Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread with a rich cream cheese swirl and bursts of juicy blueberries.
🫐 Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread
🛒 Ingredients (1 loaf – 9×5-inch pan)
🍞 Bread Batter
- 1 ½ cups (190g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup (100g) sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil or melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh blueberries (or frozen, do not thaw)
🧀 Cream Cheese Swirl
- 4 oz (115g) cream cheese, softened
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
✨ Optional Topping
- 2 tbsp coarse sugar
- OR simple glaze (½ cup powdered sugar + 1–2 tbsp milk)
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Preheat Oven
Preheat to 350°F (175°C).
Grease and line a 9×5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
2️⃣ Make Cream Cheese Filling
Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Set aside.
3️⃣ Make Batter
- In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk eggs and sugar until light.
- Add sour cream, oil, and vanilla; mix well.
- Gently fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
- Toss blueberries with 1 tsp flour (prevents sinking), then fold into batter.
4️⃣ Layer & Swirl
- Pour half the batter into the pan.
- Spoon cream cheese mixture evenly over it.
- Add remaining batter on top.
- Use a knife to gently swirl for a marbled effect.
- Sprinkle coarse sugar on top if using.
5️⃣ Bake
Bake 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean (cream cheese may leave slight residue).
If browning too quickly, loosely tent with foil.
Cool 10 minutes in pan, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
🍽 Serving Tips
- Delicious slightly warm or fully cooled.
- Add glaze once cooled for a sweeter finish.
- Store in an airtight container up to 4 days (refrigerate after day 2).
🔥 Pro Tips
- Add 1 tsp lemon zest for a bright flavor boost.
- For extra richness, replace oil with melted butter.
- Can be made into muffins (bake 18–22 minutes).
- Freezes beautifully for up to 3 months.
If you’d like, I can give you an extra-moist bakery jumbo loaf version with a thick cream cheese center ribbon that looks professionally made.
