Here’s a sweet and soft Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread — fluffy bread swirled with tangy cream cheese and bursting with blueberries.
🍞 Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread
🛒 Ingredients (Makes 1 loaf)
Cream Cheese Filling
- 4 oz (115 g) cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Bread Batter
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (toss frozen blueberries in 1 tsp flour to prevent sinking)
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Prepare Cream Cheese Filling
- Beat cream cheese with sugar and vanilla until smooth. Set aside.
2️⃣ Prepare Bread Batter
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk sugar, egg, milk, oil, and vanilla.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed. Gently fold in blueberries.
3️⃣ Assemble the Bread
- Pour half of the batter into the loaf pan.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the batter.
- Top with remaining batter. Swirl gently with a knife for a marbled effect.
4️⃣ Bake
- Bake 50–60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a wire rack.
5️⃣ Serve
- Slice and enjoy warm or at room temperature.
- Optional: drizzle with a simple powdered sugar glaze.
🔥 Tips & Variations
- Extra flavor: Add lemon zest to the batter for a bright flavor.
- Crunchy topping: Sprinkle streusel (butter, sugar, flour) on top before baking.
- Frozen blueberries: Do not thaw; toss in flour to prevent bleeding.
- Mini loaves: Bake in smaller pans for giftable portions or easy snacks.
- Storage: Wrap tightly; keeps 2–3 days at room temperature or 1 week refrigerated.
If you like, I can provide a restaurant-style Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread recipe with a soft, tender crumb, luscious cream cheese swirl, and a golden, slightly crispy top that’s perfect for breakfast or dessert.
