Recipe by Leah Klein

Cream Cheese Babka Muffins

Dairy Dairy
Medium Medium
16 Servings
Allergens
45 Minutes
Diets

Ingredients

Batter

  • 4 cups cake flour

  • 1 and 1/2 cups sugar

  • 1/2 cup Haddar Brown Sugar

  • 1/2 cup oil

  • 1 and 1/2 sticks butter at room temperature

  • 4 eggs

  • 4 teaspoons baking powder

  • 1 cup milk

  • 1/4 teaspoon Gefen Cinnamon

  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

  • 1 tablespoon cake flour

Chocolate Mixture

For the Cream Cheese Filling

  • 1 8-ounce cream cheese

  • 1 egg

  • 1/4 cup sugar

  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

To Drizzle

  • melted chocolate, to drizzle

Directions

Prepare the Batter

1.

Start by mixing the first five ingredients until crumbly.

2.

Set aside one and one-fourth cups of this crumb mixture.

3.

Add the remaining ingredients to the batter and mix well.

Prepare the Chocolate Mixture

1.

In a medium-sized bowl, mix all the ingredients thoroughly.

Prepare the Cream Cheese Filling

1.

Blend all the ingredients together until smooth.

Assembly

1.

Pour two tablespoons of batter into each muffin cup.

2.

Add a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling.

3.

Top with a heaping tablespoon of the chocolate mixture.

4.

Add another tablespoon of batter on top, then sprinkle the reserved crumbs.

5.

Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 to 30 minutes.

6.

Allow the muffins to cool, then drizzle melted chocolate on top.

About

This recipe originally appeared in Balebusta. See more at https://balebusta.nyc/

Cream Cheese Babka Muffins

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Sarah
Sarah
1 month ago

Can these be frozen?

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Raquel Malul
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Reply to  Sarah
1 month ago

Yes!

Breindy
1 month ago

The cream cheese should be whipped or not?

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chotam 72
chotam 72
1 month ago

Also, can this be made with regular flour?

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ratzy
ratzy
Reply to  chotam 72
1 month ago

i used plain flour, came out fine

chotam 72
chotam 72
Reply to  ratzy
1 month ago

Thank you!

Raquel Malul
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Reply to  chotam 72
1 month ago

Recipe calls for non-whipped.

chotam 72
chotam 72
1 month ago

Its not clear to me from the ingredients list – does the recipe call for eighteen oz of cream cheese or for 1 container of 8 oz of cream cheese?

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Last edited 1 month ago by chotam 72
Renee Schwartz
Reply to  chotam 72
1 month ago

It calls for 8 ounces of cream cheese.
The recipe wasn’t tested with regular flour. If you try it, let us know how it comes out!

chotam 72
chotam 72
Reply to  Renee Schwartz
1 month ago

Thank you
It looks delicious
I hope to try it

Zissy Singer
Zissy Singer
Reply to  chotam 72
1 month ago

did you try this? How did it come out?

chotam 72
chotam 72
Reply to  Zissy Singer
1 month ago

Not yet. I hope ti get to it one of these days.

chotam 72
chotam 72
Reply to  Zissy Singer
1 month ago

Just made it. B’H came out very nice.