Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is a wonderfully moist and tender coffee cake with chopped fresh strawberries, pockets of cream cheese, and an almond brown sugar topping.
It makes a great spring and summer breakfast or brunch addition. And I especially love it for a Mother’s Day brunch.
How To Make Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
- Mix together the topping ingredients. Stir together the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and salt. Cut in the butter.
- Make the batter. Cream the butter and sugar together and then beat in eggs and almond extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt and add to the batter, alternating with milk. Fold in the cream cheese cubes.
- Assemble. Transfer the batter to a greased 9-inch baking dish and scatter the sliced strawberries on top. Sprinkle on the topping.
- Bake. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes. Sprinkle the almonds on top when there is 15 minutes of baking time left.
Recipe Tip
Don’t add the sliced almonds at the beginning of baking or they will get too brown.
Variations and Substitutions
- Add half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon to the topping.
- Use 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract in place of the almond extract.
- Use chopped pecans in place of the almonds.
- Use blueberries or peaches in place of strawberries.
How To Store Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days. Warm briefly in microwave before serving. Can be frozen for up to 2 months.
More Coffe Cake Recipes
- Bananas Foster Coffee Cake
- Butterscotch Coffee Cake
- Crescent Roll Coffee Cake
- Easy Blueberry Pie Coffee Cake
- Peach Crisp Coffee Cake
Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is a wonderfully moist and tender coffee cake with chopped fresh strawberries, pockets of cream cheese, and an almond brown sugar topping.
SERVINGS: 9
Equipment
Ingredients
Batter
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1¼ cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 8 ounces cream cheese, cut into cubes
Topping
- 1½ cups sliced strawberries
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- pinch of salt
- 3 tablespoons softened butter
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
- Make topping. Stir together flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar and salt in a small bowl. Cut in the butter until crumbly. Set aside.
- Make batter. Use an electric mixer to beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.Add almond extract.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternating with milk. Add flour in 3 additions and milk in 2, beating on LOW speed just until incorporated.
- Fold in the cream cheese cubes.Transfer batter to prepared baking dish. Scatter strawberries on top.
- Sprinkle topping evenly on top.Bake for 50 to 55 minutes. Scatter almonds on top when there is about 15 minutes of baking time left.
- Let cool at least 15 minutes before slicing.
