Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
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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! Perfect for Mother’s Day, brunch and weekends for sure!
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About Our Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Do you have a craving for the perfect combination of sweet and savory, with a touch of tanginess? Look no further than a slice of strawberry cream cheese coffee cake. This delectable treat has layers of moist cake, creamy cheese, and bursts of juicy strawberries! It’s a dessert that can satisfy any sweet tooth.
This Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is the best way to start out your day or weekend and especially, if you’re obsessed with cream cheese desserts. You may want to check out these 25 Slices of Summer Heavenly Desserts and our Strawberry Earthquake White Chocolate Cream Cheese Cake!
Cream Cheese and Strawberries Together is Like a Match Made in Heaven
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!
Ingredients You Need
Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Recipe
Sugar-Cinnamon Streusel
- all purpose flour
- granulated sugar
- ground cinnamon
- unsalted butter
Cream Cheese Layer
- 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, or any type of strawberry filling or strawberry jam could also be used if you don’t have fresh strawberries
Instructions How to Make Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Recipe
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8 or 9-inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
Sugar-Cinnamon Streusel
- Whisk or stir together the 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.
CreamY Cheesecake 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 for the strawberry coffee cake
- Spread cake batter onto bottom and slightly up sides of pan. Spread the cream cheese mixture over cake batter.
- Sprinkle randomly with strawberries and then sprinkle with streusel crumb topping.
- 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.
Storing Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
- 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!
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
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.
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? 🙂
