Cranberry Cream Cheese Loaf Cake 🍰
A cranberry cream cheese loaf cake is a soft, moist loaf cake with tangy cranberries and creamy cheese flavor. It’s slightly sweet, a little tart, and great with tea or coffee. ☕🍓
🧾 Ingredients
For the cake
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup fresh or dried cranberries
For the cream cheese layer
- 200 g cream cheese
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F) and grease a loaf pan.
- Mix dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla, mix well.
- Add milk and dry ingredients, mix until smooth.
- Fold in cranberries.
- In another bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth.
- Layer the batter in the pan:
- Half cake batter
- Cream cheese mixture
- Remaining batter
- Bake for 50–60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool before slicing.
🍽️ Optional Topping
- Powdered sugar
- Lemon glaze
- Extra cranberries on top
✨ Tip: Toss cranberries in a little flour before adding them so they don’t sink to the bottom.
If you want, I can also show you:
- 🍋 Lemon cranberry loaf cake recipe
- 🧁 Starbucks-style cranberry loaf
- 🥣 3-step quick loaf cake (very easy).
