Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is a wonderful vanilla butter coffee cake, loaded with a classic cream cheese filling, juicy roasted strawberries and a delicious buttery sugar-cinnamon streusel topping.

Hello yumminess!  Strawberries and cream cheese together is a dream come true! Perfect for Mother’s Day, brunch and weekends for sure!

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About Our Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Do you have a craving for the perfect combination of sweet and savory, with a touch of tanginess? Look no further than a slice of strawberry cream cheese coffee cake. This delectable treat has layers of moist cake, creamy cheese, and bursts of juicy strawberries! It’s a dessert that can satisfy any sweet tooth.

This Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is the best way to start out your day or weekend and especially, if you’re obsessed with cream cheese desserts. You may want to check out these 25 Slices of Summer Heavenly Desserts and our Strawberry Earthquake White Chocolate Cream Cheese Cake!

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Cream Cheese and Strawberries Together is Like a Match Made in Heaven

I don’t know what it is, but cream cheese and strawberries together is like a match made in heaven!  It’s one of the best combinations ever!  This cinnamon streusel topped coffee cake is perfectly flavored and the cream cheese adds the creamiest, tastiest texture!  It goes so well with sweet and tart strawberries!

Plus, this is wonderful for Mother’s Day, so what mama wouldn’t want to wake up with huge slice of this luscious coffee cake? Or any summer morning or weekend when you have out of town guests!
So grab a cup of coffee and get ready to dive into the mouth-watering world of strawberry cream cheese coffee cake.

Ingredients You Need

Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Recipe

 Sugar-Cinnamon Streusel

Cream Cheese Layer

Vanilla Butter Cake

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Instructions How to Make Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Recipe

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8 or 9-inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.

 Sugar-Cinnamon Streusel

  1. Whisk or stir together the flour, sugar and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.

CreamY Cheesecake Filling

  1. Using mixer, beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Add sugar, egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and flour and continue beating until very smooth and set aside.

Vanilla Butter Cake

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
  2. Using mixer, cream butter, then add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract and continue beating until well incorporated.
  3. Add flour mixture, alternately with milk, and mix until just combined.

Putting it all together for the strawberry coffee cake

  1. Spread cake batter onto bottom and slightly up sides of pan. Spread the cream cheese mixture over cake batter.
  2. Sprinkle randomly with strawberries and then sprinkle with streusel crumb topping.
  3. Bake 60 to 70 minutes until streusel is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.

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Can This Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake be Made Ahead of Time?

  • Yes, you can make this cake ahead of time!  It tastes delicious fresh out of the oven but even better on the next day after it has been warmed slightly.

Storing Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

  • Store it covered at room temperature or in the fridge if you want to keep it longer. It will keep fresh for 2-3 days, but don’t count on it!  It’s gonna go fast!
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Perfect strawberry cream cheese coffee cake recipe for a special occasion, like Saturdays! 🙂  Now get to baking this! Here’s the recipe along with more great new recipes below!

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strawberry cream cheese coffee cake recipe

Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Kim Lange
Wonderful vanilla butter cake, adorned with a classic cream cheese filling, juicy roasted strawberries and a delicious cinnamon streusel.
3.83 from 39 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Servings 10 Servings
Calories

Ingredients
  

 Sugar-Cinnamon Streusel

Cream Cheese Filling

Vanilla Butter Cake

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch spring form pan; set aside.

Cinnamon Streusel

  • Mix together flour, sugar and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.

Cream Cheese Filling

  • Using mixer, beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Add sugar, egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and flour and continue beating until very smooth and set aside.

White Butter Cake

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
  • Using mixer, cream butter, then add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract and continue beating until well incorporated.
  • Add flour mixture, alternately with milk, and mix until just combined.

Putting it all together

  • Spread cake batter onto bottom and slightly up sides of pan. Spread the cream cheese filling over cake batter. Sprinkle randomly with strawberries and then sprinkle with streusel.
  • Bake 60 to 70 minutes until streusel is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.
Keyword cinnamon, coffee cake, cream cheese, strawberry
Tried This Recipe?Let us know how it was by commenting below!

I found this recipe on Life’s Simple Measures.  I’m ecstatic I found it, baked it, ate it and now I’m sharing this recipe with you because it’s definitely a winner! Since it’s close to Mother’s day, I am throwing these humorous quotes out there, because my siblings won’t like it and it makes me chuckle.  This is what we siblings do, right? 🙂

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41 Comments

  2. Can I cut the ingredients in half and make this in a 4″ springform pan? Your thoughts?

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  14. Seriously ….. Kim …… love strawberries and I never thought of cinnamon streusel on the top of the cream cheese strawberry cake ! Hooked totally 🙂 Sharing !

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  23. Hi Barbara,
    I am working with my recipe plugin people, not sure what is going on, but here it is, hoping to have it fixed soon! Thanks for letting me know!

    Wonderful white butter cake, adorned with a classic cream cheese filling, juicy roasted strawberries and a delicious cinnamon streusel.
    Servings 10

    Ingredients
    Cinnamon Streusel
    1/3 cup all purpose flour
    1/3 cup granulated sugar
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/4 cup cold unsalted butter cut up into chunks
    Cream Cheese Filling
    8 oz . cream cheese room temperature
    1/4 cup granulated sugar
    1 large egg
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
    1 tablespoon all purpose flour
    White Butter Cake
    1 cup all purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/8 teaspoon salt
    1/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
    1/2 cup sugar
    1 large egg

    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1/3 cup almond milk
    1 cup fresh strawberries sliced
    Instructions
    Heat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch spring form pan; set aside.
    Cinnamon Streusel
    Mix together flour, sugar and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.
    Cream Cheese Filling
    Using mixer, beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Add sugar, egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and flour and continue beating until very smooth and set aside.
    White Butter Cake
    In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
    Using mixer, cream butter, then add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract and continue beating until well incorporated.
    Add flour mixture, alternately with milk, and mix until just combined.
    Putting it all together
    Spread cake batter onto bottom and slightly up sides of pan. Spread the cream cheese filling over cake batter. Sprinkle randomly with strawberries and then sprinkle with streusel.
    Bake 60 to 70 minutes until streusel is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.

  26. I JUST made this it was UNBELIEVABLY DELICIOUS definitely making it again:-) thank you so much:)

  28. Back in May of last yea I pinned your yummy coffee cake and this week it has been re-pinned 50 times!! JUst thought you would like to know!!

    Have a great week!
    Karren
    #OMHGWW

  29. Rebecca, I don’t know if it would or not. I would think so, but I haven’t tried it. 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you love it!

  33. What a great addition with the Cinnamon Streusel.
    I have pinned your yummy desert to my Berry Board!
    Thanks for stopping by to visit and share on FF this week!
    Hope you have a great weekend!
    Karren

  35. This looks lovely, I may have to give it a go. Popping by from Tasty Tuesdays

  37. Oh my goodness, I think I gained 55 pounds just drooling over this recipe, wow I give it my yumculicious vote!!!

    Thank you for sharing on the OMHGWW this week, you can stop by anytime to keep my readers intrigued!!

    I hope you enjoy your day!
    Karren
    Hugs

  41. This one is definitely going on my “to make” list. I wish I could eat it right now! (And I’ve already been sampling 3 different desserts today!) 🙂

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