Lemon Cream Cheese Bread is a soft, moist quick bread that combines bright Lemon flavor with a rich swirl of Cream Cheese. It’s similar to a dessert loaf and is often enjoyed for breakfast, tea time, or as a light dessert. 🍋🍞
🍋 Lemon Cream Cheese Bread Recipe
Ingredients
For the Bread
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1½ cups all-purpose flour
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1 tsp baking powder
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½ tsp salt
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¾ cup sugar
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½ cup Butter (softened)
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2 eggs
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1 tbsp lemon zest
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2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
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½ cup Milk
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1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Cream Cheese Filling
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8 oz cream cheese (softened)
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¼ cup sugar
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1 egg
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½ tsp vanilla extract
👨🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C and grease a loaf pan.
2️⃣ Make the bread batter
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Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
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In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
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Add eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice, milk, and vanilla.
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Slowly mix in the dry ingredients.
3️⃣ Prepare the cream cheese mixture
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Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth.
4️⃣ Layer the batter
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Pour half of the bread batter into the loaf pan.
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Spread the cream cheese mixture over it.
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Add the remaining batter on top.
5️⃣ Bake
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Bake 45–55 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean.
6️⃣ Cool & serve
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Let the bread cool before slicing.
🍋 Optional Lemon Glaze
Mix:
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1 cup Powdered Sugar
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2 tbsp lemon juice
Drizzle over the cooled bread for extra lemon flavor.
✅ Tip: This bread tastes even better the next day after chilling in the refrigerator.
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