Original video by @applesauceandadhd — all credit to the creator.
Raspberry Lemon Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
A no-recipe experiment that turned out great: boxed cake mix loaded with cream cheese, raspberry filling, and heavy cream, then swirled and baked into a rich, tender coffee cake. Sweet, tangy, and impossible to stop eating.
Ingredients
- —cream cheese · softened (microwave briefly)
- 1 boxcake mix
- —raspberry filling · about a cup to start
- 1 stickbutter · melted
- 1egg
- 1/3 cupheavy cream · plus a splash more if needed
- —vanilla bean paste · a splash — she poured a generous amount
Steps
- 1
Soften the cream cheese by microwaving it briefly.
- 2
In a bowl, combine the cake mix with the raspberry filling, egg, heavy cream, and vanilla bean paste.
- 3
Add the melted butter and mix everything together.
- 4
Add the softened cream cheese, pour it over the batter and swirl it in rustically — don't fully incorporate it.
- 5
Transfer to a baking pan and bake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. The center may drop slightly.
- 6
Let cool completely before slicing.
Creator's notes
Made up on the fly with no recipe — quantities are eyeballed. The center dropped a little but a skewer came out clean.
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