Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread

Here’s a moist, bakery-style Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread—soft, rich, and perfect for breakfast, coffee time, or dessert 🫐

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Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread

Ingredients (1 loaf)

Cream Cheese Layer

• 8 oz cream cheese, softened

• ¼ cup sugar

• 1 egg

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Bread Batter

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• ½ teaspoon baking soda

• ¼ teaspoon salt

• ½ cup sugar

• ½ cup butter, melted and cooled (or oil)

• 2 large eggs

• ½ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen – don’t thaw)

Optional Topping

• 1 tablespoon sugar + ½ teaspoon cinnamon

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven

   • 350°F (175°C)

   • Grease and line a 9×5-inch loaf pan with parchment.

2. Make cream cheese layer

   • Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Set aside.

3. Mix dry ingredients

   • Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

4. Mix wet ingredients

   • In another bowl, whisk sugar, melted butter, eggs, sour cream, and vanilla.

5. Combine

   • Fold dry ingredients into wet until just combined.

   • Toss blueberries with 1 teaspoon flour and gently fold in.

6. Layer the batter

   • Pour half the bread batter into the pan.

   • Spoon cream cheese mixture evenly over it.

   • Top with remaining batter.

   • Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top if using.

7. Bake

   • Bake 55–65 minutes, tent loosely with foil if browning too fast.

   • A toothpick should come out mostly clean (cream cheese may be soft).

8. Cool

   • Cool in pan 15 minutes, then remove and cool completely before slicing.

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Tips for Best Results

• Don’t overmix—keeps the bread tender

• Frozen blueberries work great and won’t bleed as much

• Chill before slicing for clean layers

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Delicious Variations

• Lemon Blueberry: Add zest of 1 lemon + 1 tbsp lemon juice

• Streusel Top: Add crumb topping instead of cinnamon sugar

• Protein Boost: Swap sour cream for Greek yogurt

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If you want, I can also give you a mini-loaf version, glazed bakery version, or high-protein Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread.