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Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is even more decadent than your typical coffee cake! It is perfectly topped with a tasty streusel.
Cream cheese coffee cake is perfect for breakfast or dessert! It is moist and ultra yummy. For a special treat try pairing this with Double Chocolate Hot Cocoa or Mexican Hot Chocolate.
Quick and simple
Confession… Breakfast is not my most important meal of the day. I bet some of you are like me where mornings are crazy. So, something quick and simple is what it comes down to when choosing what to eat for breakfast.
Luckily my family gets together often to eat “breakfast for dinner”. Coffee Cake often makes the menu. It really is scrumptious and easy to put together!
It is soft, moist and full of flavor. The creamy glaze drizzled takes it over the top. This is definitely a recipe to add to your morning, or “breakfast for dinner” menu. Not going to lie – our family loves “brinner!”
Mix and bake!
WET INGREDIENTS. Cream together butter, cream cheese, sugar and eggs. In a separate bowl, combine milk and vanilla. Add to creamed mixture, stir until well blended.
DRY INGREDIENTS. Sift dry ingredients together and then add to creamed mixture. Mix well. Spoon mixture into 2-3 greased and floured cake pans (depending on the size of your cake pan. We used 2 because our pans were a bit bigger.
TOPPING & BAKE. Mix together streusel ingredients and spread over top of pans. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
TIPs + variations
To adjust the size and make these in a 9×13 pan or into muffins simply adjust the bake times. To be extra sure insert a toothpick into the center. If it comes out clean the cake is done.
- To make a 9×13 bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes.Â
- For muffins, bake at 375 degrees F for 15-17 min.
For delicious VARIATIONS try adding fruit. Blueberries, sliced peaches or sliced apples. Note: The liquid from the fruit may cause the cake to be baked longer.
Nuts are also delicious; add sliced almonds, chopped pecans or walnuts to the top of the cake to give it a delightful crunch.
Store + reheat
STORE cream cheese coffee cake in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days, or in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and FREEZE in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
Remove any wrappings and REHEAT the portion in the microwave for 10 second increments until warm. To REHEAT in the oven, wrap the cake in aluminum foil. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and heat for 6-8 minutes or until warm.
Serve cream cheese coffee cake with:
Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Streusel Topping
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Cream together butter, cream cheese, sugar and eggs.
- In a separate bowl, combine milk and vanilla. Add to creamed mixture, stir until well blended.
- Sift dry ingredients together and then add to creamed mixture. Mix well.
- Spoon mixture into 2-3 greased and floured cake pans (depending on the size of your cake pan. We used 2 because our pans were a bit bigger).
- Mix together streusel ingredients and spread over top of pans. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
It was really good, but why did my topping fall to the bottom while baking? It made a crunchy layer on the bottom instead of the top. I made it in 9×13 and followed recipe exactly, I thought. Please help!
Awesome!! This is what I was looking for because I love a Bundt recipe, thank you!!
Good cake, however it took at least double the time to cook. I recommend baking for 20 minutes WITHOUT the streusel topping, then adding the topping and cooking 10-20 more, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Great cake, great flavour just needs a tweak to cooking instructions!
Mine did not bake in the middle at all and when I left it in to let it bake longer it burned. Waist of time and ingredients
Really great cake! But yes – you need to adjust the baking time if you’re using 1 pan, instead of 1 as this recipe suggests. If using 1 pan, double the baking time.
Also, I used 1 cup of regular flour, and 1 cup of whole wheat flour for a little extra fibre, and it still came out delicious!
Okay- just made cream cheese coffee cake- I had rather large Wilton pans so fingers crossed it bakes well
I hope it did too!!
Your photos and description refer to a “creamy glaze” drizzled across the top of the finished coffee cake, and it looks lovely, but I haven’t found it in the recipe, or a link.
You can just take a couple cups of powder Suger and add three tablespoons of milk, mix then add one tablespoon at a time until it’s the consistency you like it. I add a teaspoon of vanilla or maple extract to mine. Enjoy!
Love this recipe! I’ve made this 3 times now and the cake has come out perfectly each time, including with variations (added chai tea and a couple tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk to one). This is perfect for two 9″ cake rounds, or with the recipe halved in one 9″ cake round. Baked at 350 for 24-25 minutes (at both high altitude in Littleton, CO and low altitude in Chicago, IL).
I made the cream cheese coffee cake and swirled ground cinnamon into the batter & added chopped pecans to the streusel & baked it in a Bundt pan. Baked at 350 for 40-45 minutes Came out delicious
Sounds delicious!! Thanks for giving the recipe a try!
I’m 14 and I love baking, I get stressed, bake, then we’re all good. This recipe is delicious and easy. Great job! I can tell your a great mama.
Oh thank you so much! That is wonderful that you are enjoying baking, and at a young age too! Thanks for trying the recipes here on our site.
I made the cream cheese coffee cake but it didn’t bake well in the middle. Sort of soggy.
Any ideas why?
I cooked mine for a total of 30 mins and it was perfect, just cook a little longer
Insert a knife in the middle after 20 min to see if it’s still moist inside .if it is, cook 10 min.longer.insert knife again to make sure it’s cooked and knife is dry.