Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Submitted by Pinay0618

"A truly divine coffee cake recipe - dense, moist, just plain delicious. NOTE: 2 1/2 cups flour minus 2 cups for the coffee cake minus 1/4 cup for tossing with the blueberries leaves 1/4 cup for the topping. :)"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar, divided
• 1⁄2 cup butter, plus
• 2 tablespoons butter, divided
• 2 eggs
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)
• 8 ounces cream cheese, cubed
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon rind, grated, divided

directions

1. Cream together 1 1/4 cups sugar and 1/2 cup butter until light and fluffy; add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
2. Combine 2 cups flour, baking powder and salt.
3. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk and water.
4. Toss blueberries in 1/4 cup flour; fold into batter with cream cheese and 1 tsp lemon rind.
5. Pour into greased and floured 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
6. Combine remaining sugar, flour and rind; cut in remaining butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
7. Sprinkle over batter.
8. Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 1 hour.

Reviews

[bricookie55]

We really enjoyed this coffee cake! It has a great balance of sweet, tart, and tangy. If I were to do anything differently next time, it would be to incorporate the cream cheese with the wet ingredients instead of dicing it and throwing it into the batter. Otherwise, I loved it! Thanks!

 

[carmen.bahm]

I really like the little chunks of cream cheese in this!!! The cake part was nice and moist, and not too sweet. I didnt have any problems reading this recipe like was said in another review. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Loves2Teach]

I really think that this recipe needs some work... It mentions in the ingredients to divide the butter and sugar, but never mentions how much to divide the flour. Does the 1/4 cup for the blueberries come from the 2 1/2 cups??? Also, how much is supposed to be saved for the topping. My end result looked nice, but did not have a great taste. It was not sweet, in fact more biscuit like, and the blueberries were very tart due to the lack of sugar. Sorry!

 

[mom of twins 2]

This was great. I didn't do the topping, and it was still very good. Next time I will try to mix the cream cheese earlier with the wet ingredients... it may be even better!

 

[GrandmaIsCooking]

This was great. DH even tried it and gave it a 4. He's a picky eater and doesn't like to try new things very often, so that was high praise from him. A 4 from him is as good as a 5 from anyone else, so I gave it a 5. It's just right, not too sweet, and the cake part has a nice texture. I'm going to make it again for a birthday breakfast at work, for a lady who loves anything blueberry.