Oh yes—this is classic, cozy, and perfect for breakfast or dessert 🍞✨. A soft, slightly sweet loaf with tangy cranberries and rich cream cheese swirls. Here’s a reliable recipe:
🍞 Cream Cheese Cranberry Loaf
Ingredients
For the Loaf:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries (if frozen, do not thaw)
For the Cream Cheese Swirl:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Optional: powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
1. Prep
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Grease and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
2. Make the Cream Cheese Filling
- Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Set aside.
3. Make the Loaf Batter
- In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
- Mix in sour cream.
- Gradually fold in dry ingredients.
- Gently fold in cranberries.
4. Assemble
- Pour half the batter into the loaf pan.
- Spoon cream cheese mixture on top.
- Cover with remaining batter.
- Optional: use a knife to swirl the cream cheese lightly for a marbled effect.
5. Bake
- Bake 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack.
6. Serve
- Slice and enjoy as-is or dust with powdered sugar.
🌟 Tips
- Cranberries: Toss in a teaspoon of flour first to prevent sinking.
- Extra moist loaf: Substitute half the butter with Greek yogurt.
- Flavor twist: Add orange zest to batter for a festive citrus note.
If you want, I can also give a quick 30-minute microwave version that makes a mini cream cheese cranberry loaf for instant cravings 😄.
Do you want me to do that?