🍋 Lemon Cream Cheese Bread

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🍋 Lemon Cream Cheese Bread

Ingredients

Bread Batter

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup vegetable oil (or melted butter)
• ½ cup milk or yogurt
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Swirl

• 120 g (4 oz) cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp flour

Optional Lemon Glaze

• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 1–2 tbsp lemon juice

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F). Grease a loaf pan.
2. Mix bread batter:
   • In a bowl, whisk eggs and sugar.
   • Add oil, milk, lemon juice, zest, and vanilla.
   • Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt until smooth.
3. Cream cheese layer:
   • Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, and flour until creamy.
4. Assemble:
   • Pour half the batter into the pan.
   • Spoon cream cheese mixture over it.
   • Add remaining batter. Swirl gently with a knife.
5. Bake 45–55 minutes, until a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
6. Cool completely. Drizzle with lemon glaze if desired.

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Tips

• Even better the next day 🌟
• Store in the fridge for extra freshness
• You can make it lighter using Greek yogurt instead of oil

If you want:

• 🍋 Low-cal version
• 🍞 No-mixer / blender version
• 🧁 Muffins instead of loaf

Just tell me!