Southern Living's Cream Cheese Pound Cake |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 16 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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From the Big Book of Christmas Baking, courtesy MrZ, who describes it as being both moist and delicious . Use real butter in this recipe. It will make a difference. Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups butter, softened |
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened |
3 cups sugar |
6 large eggs |
1 tablespoon vanilla extract |
3 cups all-purpose flour |
1/8 teaspoon salt |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
2. Use an electric mixer to mix both butter and cream cheese until creamy.
3. Gradually add sugar and beat for 5 minutes, then add eggs one at a time, allowing each to incorporate before adding more. Stir in vanilla.
4. Sift flour and salt and add gradually to the mixer, beating until well blended.
5. Pour batter into a well greased and floured bundt pan or tube cake pan.
6. Place 2 cups water in an ovenproof container on the rack in the oven next to the cake.
7. Bake cake at 300 for an hour and 45 minutes, or until a toothpick can be removed cleanly.
8. Place pan on a wire rack and cool for 15 minutes, then remove the cake from the pan and complete cooling on the wire rack.
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