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Cream Cheese Pound Cake

A pound cake made with a combination of cream cheese and butter. You can make the full batch as a large Bundt or tube or cut the recipe in half and bake it as a 6-inch tube or 8x4 inch loaf.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Cream Cheese, Pound Cake
Prep Time 18 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Cooling 2 hours
Servings 16
Author Anna
Cost 5

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ cup unsalted butter, cool room temperature (12 oz)
  • ¾ cup cream cheese, softened (6 oz)
  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • ¼ cup heavy cream or half & half
  • 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon orange or lemon zest or just use more vanilla

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 300 degree F.
  • Spray a large tube pan or Bundt (12 cup capacity) with flour-added baking spray or grease with shortening or butter and dust with flour.
  • Sift the flour and whisk it together with the salt. Set aside.
  • In bowl of stand mixer fitted with a paddle, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Be sure to stop and scrape the bowl often.
  • On medium speed, Add the eggs and the yolk one at a time, beating well after each addition and stopping to scrape the sides of the bowl.
  • Lower the mixer’s speed and add the flour mixture alternately with the cream, beginning and ending with the flour. Stir in the vanilla and zest (or more vanilla).
  • Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.
  • Put the cake in the 300 degrees F oven and bake for 75 to 90 minutes or until a cake tester inserted comes out with moist crumbs or the internal temperature registers around 205F.
  • Let cool in the pan for about 30 minutes, then carefully loosen from pan and turn onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.