Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is a wonderful vanilla butter coffee cake, loaded with a classic cream cheese filling, juicy roasted strawberries and a delicious buttery sugar-cinnamon streusel topping.
Hello yumminess! Strawberries and cream cheese together is a dream come true!
It's the best way to start out your day or weekend and especially, if you're obsessed with cream cheese desserts.
I don't know what it is, but cream cheese and strawberries together is like a match made in heaven! It's one of the best combinations ever! This cinnamon streusel topped coffee cake is perfectly flavored and the cream cheese adds the creamiest, tastiest texture! It goes so well with sweet and tart strawberries!
Plus, this is wonderful for Mother's Day, so what mama wouldn't want to wake up with huge slice of this luscious coffee cake? Or any summer morning or weekend when you have out of town guests!
Ingredients You Need
Sugar-Cinnamon Streusel
- all purpose flour
- granulated sugar
- ground cinnamon
- unsalted butter
Cream Cheese Filling
- cream cheese
- granulated sugar
- egg
- vanilla extract
- optional: grated lemon zest
- all purpose flour
Vanilla Butter Cake
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- unsalted butter
- granulated sugar
- egg
- vanilla extract
- almond milk or milk of choice
- fresh strawberries, sliced
How to Make Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Recipe
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8 or 9-inch spring form pan; set aside.
Sugar-Cinnamon Streusel
- Mix together flour, sugar and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.
Cream Cheese Filling
- Using mixer, beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Add sugar, egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and flour and continue beating until very smooth and set aside.
Vanilla Butter Cake
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
- Using mixer, cream butter, then add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract and continue beating until well incorporated.
- Add flour mixture, alternately with milk, and mix until just combined.
Putting it all together
- Spread cake batter onto bottom and slightly up sides of pan. Spread the cream cheese filling over cake batter. Sprinkle randomly with strawberries and then sprinkle with streusel.
- Bake 60 to 70 minutes until streusel is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.
Can This Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake be Made Ahead of Time?
- Yes, you can make this cake ahead of time! It tastes delicious fresh out of the oven but even better on the next day after it has been warmed slightly.
- Store it covered at room temperature or in the fridge if you want to keep it longer. It will keep fresh for 2-3 days, but don't count on it! It's gonna go fast!
Perfect strawberry cream cheese coffee cake recipe for a special occasion, like Saturdays! 🙂 Now get to baking this! Here's the recipe!
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Wonderful vanilla butter cake, adorned with a classic cream cheese filling, juicy roasted strawberries and a delicious cinnamon streusel.
Ingredients
Sugar-Cinnamon Streusel
- ⅓ cup all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup cold unsalted butter cut up into chunks
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
- optional: 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
Vanilla Butter Cake
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup almond milk or milk of choice
- 1 cup fresh strawberries sliced
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch spring form pan; set aside.
Cinnamon Streusel
- Mix together flour, sugar and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.
Cream Cheese Filling
- Using mixer, beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Add sugar, egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and flour and continue beating until very smooth and set aside.
White Butter Cake
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
- Using mixer, cream butter, then add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract and continue beating until well incorporated.
- Add flour mixture, alternately with milk, and mix until just combined.
Putting it all together
- Spread cake batter onto bottom and slightly up sides of pan. Spread the cream cheese filling over cake batter. Sprinkle randomly with strawberries and then sprinkle with streusel.
- Bake 60 to 70 minutes until streusel is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
I found this recipe on Life's Simple Measures. I'm ecstatic I found it, baked it, ate it and now I'm sharing this recipe with you because it's definitely a winner!
Since it's close to Mother's day, I am throwing these humorous quotes out there, because my siblings won't like it and it makes me chuckle. This is what we siblings do, right? 🙂
rose333 says
Can I cut the ingredients in half and make this in a 4" springform pan? Your thoughts?
Kim Lange says
Yes, you should be able to do that for sure! Hope you enjoy!
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
What fun flavors for a coffee cake! Pinning!
2pots2cook says
Seriously ..... Kim ...... love strawberries and I never thought of cinnamon streusel on the top of the cream cheese strawberry cake ! Hooked totally 🙂 Sharing !
Kim Lange says
It is delectably delish! Thank you so much for sharing! xo
Mary says
Can you use regular milk instead of almond milk.
Kim Lange says
Yes you can Mary! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!! 😉
Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
Wow this is like the ULTIMATE coffee cake! Pinning! Have a great week Kim! XOXO
Kim Lange says
It is so amazing!! Thanks so much Kelly!
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
This cheesecake looks amazing! I love the strawberries in this too. As soon as I saw this, I thought how much my sister would love this!!
Barbara Reynolds says
Can not get to the recipe. Strawberry cream cheese coffee cake.
ChocolaTess says
Hi Barbara,
I am working with my recipe plugin people, not sure what is going on, but here it is, hoping to have it fixed soon! Thanks for letting me know!
Wonderful white butter cake, adorned with a classic cream cheese filling, juicy roasted strawberries and a delicious cinnamon streusel.
Servings 10
Ingredients
Cinnamon Streusel
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup cold unsalted butter cut up into chunks
Cream Cheese Filling
8 oz . cream cheese room temperature
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
White Butter Cake
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup almond milk
1 cup fresh strawberries sliced
Instructions
Heat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch spring form pan; set aside.
Cinnamon Streusel
Mix together flour, sugar and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.
Cream Cheese Filling
Using mixer, beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Add sugar, egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and flour and continue beating until very smooth and set aside.
White Butter Cake
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
Using mixer, cream butter, then add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract and continue beating until well incorporated.
Add flour mixture, alternately with milk, and mix until just combined.
Putting it all together
Spread cake batter onto bottom and slightly up sides of pan. Spread the cream cheese filling over cake batter. Sprinkle randomly with strawberries and then sprinkle with streusel.
Bake 60 to 70 minutes until streusel is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.
Mary says
I JUST made this it was UNBELIEVABLY DELICIOUS definitely making it again:-) thank you so much:)
ChocolaTess says
Mary thanks for letting me know! It is a great coffee cake, so glad you will be making it again. 🙂
Karren Haller says
Back in May of last yea I pinned your yummy coffee cake and this week it has been re-pinned 50 times!! JUst thought you would like to know!!
Have a great week!
Karren
#OMHGWW
ChocolaTess says
Wow! Thank you for pinning Karren! That's so awesome of you to let me know. You have a great week as well!
Kim
Rebecca kipe says
Can't wait to make this! Do you know if it freezes well?
ChocolaTess says
Rebecca, I don't know if it would or not. I would think so, but I haven't tried it. 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you love it!
Kristen from The Road to Domestication says
Oh, those layers are AMAZING!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to link up with us over at the #HomeMattersParty - we hope to see you again on Friday 🙂 Feel free to bring a friend or two!
ChocolaTess says
Thank you so much Kristen! 🙂 Friday it is!
Karren Haller says
What a great addition with the Cinnamon Streusel.
I have pinned your yummy desert to my Berry Board!
Thanks for stopping by to visit and share on FF this week!
Hope you have a great weekend!
Karren
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This looks lovely, I may have to give it a go. Popping by from Tasty Tuesdays
ChocolaTess says
Thanks Lisa! You will love it! Thanks so much for stopping by! TGIF!
Karren Haller says
Oh my goodness, I think I gained 55 pounds just drooling over this recipe, wow I give it my yumculicious vote!!!
Thank you for sharing on the OMHGWW this week, you can stop by anytime to keep my readers intrigued!!
I hope you enjoy your day!
Karren
Hugs
ChocolaTess says
Thanks Karren! It was my pleasure to share and check out all the goodies and tips at the same time! 🙂
Lauren C. says
This looks so good! I want a huge slice for breakfast. So glad to have found it at Treasure Box Tuesday!
Lauren Copeland
Life Well Sweetened Blog
http://www.lifewellsweetened.com
ChocolaTess says
Lauren, I am so glad you found it! It's delicious! 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
Teresa says
This one is definitely going on my "to make" list. I wish I could eat it right now! (And I've already been sampling 3 different desserts today!) 🙂
ChocolaTess says
Yum, I love sampling. 🙂 I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! You'll have to let me know! 🙂