Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

And just to mention, right at the start, just so there are no confusions: even though it is called coffee cake, this cake is not made with coffee, it is meant to be served with coffee. I gladly grab a piece of this cake along with the first morning coffee, but you will love this cake, whatever you drink with it. Raspberry cheese coffee cake is the best  way to start the new workday: happy and smiling.

When you try this homemade cake once, I’m sure you will skip the local bakery in the future. Even though it has four layers, you don’t have to be an expert to make it. Soft cake, creamy filling  and crunchy topping are made in the blink of an eye. You add some fresh, juicy raspberries and in 45 minutes you have a fantastic summer treat in your oven.

The best thing is that you don’t even have to wait for it to cool completely before you serve it. Even the very popular peanut butter cheesecake and the magic cake are ignored, in our house it turns into a real fight. As soon as my gorgeous Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is out of the oven, my husband immediately jumps to pick off crumb topping and if  I don’t succeed in running him out of the kitchen, there is a great probability that my piece of the cake will end up without streusel. He even asked me if the cake can be made only from filling and the crumb topping. As if that wasn’t enough that mostly, I put more crumbs on muffins and cakes than is proposed in the recipe.

Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake –  all flavors you love, you’ll get here in every bite.

Ingredients

• For the filling:


• 1/4 cup sugar


• 8 oz. cream cheese-softened


• 1 egg white


• 1 cup raspberries-washed and well drained


• For the cake:


• 1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour


• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder


• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda


• 1/4 teaspoon salt


• 5.5 Tablespoons unsalted butter- softened


• 1/2 cup sugar


• 1 egg + 1 egg yolk


• 3/4 cup sour cream


• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


• For the streusel topping:


• 1/3 cup sugar


• 1/2 cup flour


• 3 tablespoons butter-chilled and cubed

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 9 inch springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper. Set aside.


• To make the filling: Mix together the cream cheese and sugar on medium-low speed until creamy. Add egg white and mix on low just to combine. Set aside.


• To make the cake batter: In a bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.


• With an electric mixer cream together the butter and sugar on medium-low speed. Add egg and egg yolk and vanilla. Slowly mix in the flour mixture alternating with the sour cream. Transfer the batter into the prepared pan and smooth with a spatula. Spread the cream cheese filling on top. Place raspberries onto cream cheese filling.


• To make the topping: Combine sugar, flour and chilled cubed butter in a bowl. Stir with a fork or pastry blender until the mixture is crumbly.( Make sure the streusel is in pea-sized crumbs)


• Sprinkle the streusel on top of raspberries.


• Bake for 40-45 minutes until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack, run a thin knife around the cake and loose ring of springform pan.


• Store in the fridge.

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