Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread is a soft, moist quick bread with sweet blueberries and a creamy cheesecake-style layer. 🫐🍞🧀
Ingredients
For the bread
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup milk
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil or melted butter
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
For the cream cheese layer
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
1. Preheat oven
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease or line a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
2. Make the cream cheese filling
In a bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Set aside.
3. Prepare the bread batter
- In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk egg, milk, oil, and vanilla.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed.
- Gently fold in blueberries.
4. Assemble the bread
- Pour half the batter into the loaf pan.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly on top.
- Add the remaining batter and gently spread.
5. Bake
Bake 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the bread part comes out clean.
If it browns too quickly, cover loosely with foil.
6. Cool and serve
Let cool 15–20 minutes before slicing.
💡 Tips
- Toss blueberries in 1 tbsp flour before adding so they don’t sink.
- Add lemon zest for a bright blueberry-lemon flavor. 🍋
- Dust with powdered sugar before serving for a bakery-style look.
If you want, I can also show you 3 popular variations:
- Blueberry Cream Cheese Swirl Bread
- Starbucks-style Blueberry Cream Cheese Loaf
- Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins 🧁🫐.
