Cream Cheese Pound Cake *****
By Gigirox
The first time I made this was in May of 2009. I've made it many times since then.
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, softened
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups sugar(576g)
- 1 T vanilla extract
- 6 eggs
- 3 cups flour(405g)
- Glaze:
- 1 pound 10x sugar
- 1 T butter
- 1 ts vanilla
- 1 can evaporated milk
Details
Servings 16
Preparation
Step 1
1- Preheat oven to 325F
2- Combine the butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Beat at medium high speed for 2 min. or until light and fluffy; scrape the side of the bowl.
3- Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating at medium speed for 10 sec. after each addition and scraping the bowl.Beat for 30 sec. longer.
5- Gently stir in the flour with a rubber spatula. Beat at low speed for 5 sec. Scrape the side of the bowl and beat for 5 to 10 sec. longer or until smooth.
6- Spoon the batter into a lightly buttered 10-inch tube pan and place the pan on the center oven rack.
7- Bake for 1 hour and 10 min. or until golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8- Cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place upright on wire rack for glazing.
8- Mix the glaze using enough milk to make glaze pourable.
9- Pour glaze over warm cake. Using two spatulas, lift cake to cake plate.
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