Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

Regular pound cake is definitely delicious, but what if you could take it one step further? What if you could have cream cheese pound cake? This cream cheese pound cake recipe is totally yummy and I especially love it with fresh strawberries and some cool whip! It’s so good.

If you like original pound cake then you will love this recipe even more. It’s easy to make, serves enough for a party, and stores well if you can’t finish it in one day. (Unlikely!)

You can top it with just about any fruit or topping imaginable or it’s great plain too. No matter how you slice it, this recipe takes the cake in my book!

Yield: 1 (10-inch) cake

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups butter or margarine, softened
  
• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  
• 3 cups sugar
  
• 6 large eggs
  
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1) Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until combined.

2) Combine flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.

3) Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.

Well, that’s about it. If you doubt just how tasty this pound cake is then try it for yourself! You too, will love this cake! Go now… let’s get to baking!