Description
This Cream Cheese Blueberry Bread is a moist, tender loaf swirled with a rich, cheesecake-like cream cheese filling and bursting with juicy blueberries. Perfect for breakfast, snacks, or dessert.
Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (if frozen, do not thaw)
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar (for filling)
1 large egg (for filling)
1 tsp vanilla extract (for filling)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then mix in the vanilla extract and sour cream.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined.
- Carefully fold in the blueberries.
- In another bowl, beat the cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 egg, and 1 tsp vanilla extract until smooth and creamy.
- Pour half of the bread batter into the prepared pan.
- Spread the cream cheese filling evenly over the batter layer.
- Top with the remaining bread batter and smooth the surface.
- Bake for 55–65 minutes, tenting the top with foil halfway through if it begins to brown too quickly.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
Notes
Toss blueberries with a little flour to prevent sinking.
Swap blueberries with raspberries or strawberries for variety.
Top with sliced almonds or coarse sugar for added texture.
Add lemon zest or warm spices like cinnamon for extra flavor.
Use Greek yogurt instead of sour cream if needed.
Tent with foil if browning too fast during baking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snack, Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 325
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg
