Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Wonderful vanilla butter cake, adorned with a classic cream cheese filling, juicy roasted strawberries and a delicious cinnamon streusel.
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Keyword: cinnamon, coffee cake, cream cheese, strawberry
Servings: 10 Servings
Calories:
Author: Kim Lange
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
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.