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Cream Cheese Blueberry Loaf

Course: Baking, baking a cake, cake, catherines plates, Dessert, homemade recipe, loaf cake
Cuisine: American
Author: Catherine's Plates

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Filling

  • 1 (8 oz) block cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cake Batter

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 cups fresh blueberries (DIVIDED)

Instructions

Make Cream Cheese Filling (using ingredients listed under cream cheese filling)

  • Beat cream cheese and granulated sugar in medium bowl using electric hand mixer until smooth & creamy.
  • Mix in egg and vanilla until just combined. Set aside.

Prepare Cake Batter (using ingredients listed under cake batter)

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan. Set aside.
  • Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla and beat until just combined.
  • In a separate medium mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, alternating with milk. Mix until combined. Do not overmix.
    NOTE: mix in 1/3 dry & 1/2 milk, then 1/3 dry and rest of milk, finish with rest of dry.
  • Mix in 1/2 cups of fresh blueberries into the cake batter.

Assemble loaf

  • Pour half of the cake batter into prepared loaf pan and smooth evenly.
    Spoon half of the cream cheese mixture onto cake batter and smooth evenly.
  • Add remaining cake batter on top of the cream cheese mixture and smooth evenly.
    Top with remaining cream cheese mixture and spread evenly. Top with remaining 1/2 cup fresh blueberries.
  • Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 50-60 minutes until toothpick inserted into cake portion comes out clean.
  • Let cool in loaf pan for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the inside edges of loaf pan to loosen cake. Invert cake to a plate, then invert again to a serving platter. Cut into slices and enjoy.