Description
Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread is a soft, moist quick bread swirled with sweet cream cheese and bursting with fresh strawberry flavor. It’s rich yet tender, lightly sweet, and perfect for breakfast, snacking, or dessert.
Ingredients
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- For the bread:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, chopped
- 1 tbsp flour (for tossing strawberries)
- For the cream cheese swirl:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well.
- Mix in sour cream and vanilla extract.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until just combined.
- Toss chopped strawberries with 1 tbsp flour and gently fold into the batter.
- In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth.
- Pour half the bread batter into the prepared pan. Spoon half of the cream cheese mixture on top and gently swirl.
- Add remaining batter, then top with remaining cream cheese mixture and swirl again.
- Bake for 55–65 minutes, covering loosely with foil if browning too quickly.
- Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
Notes
- Frozen strawberries can be used—thaw, drain, and pat dry first.
- Do not overmix to keep the bread tender.
- Let bread cool fully for clean slices.
- Add lemon zest for a bright flavor boost.
- Store tightly wrapped to maintain moisture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1.5g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 85mg