Cream Cheese Pound Cake

By á-36147

Ingredients

• 3 cups (12 ounces) cake flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 large eggs plus 2 large yolks, room temperature
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups (21 ounces) sugar
• 24 tablespoons (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened

Details

Adapted from cookscountry.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour 12-cup nonstick Bundt pan. Combine flour and salt in bowl. Whisk eggs and yolks, milk, and vanilla together in 2-cup liquid measuring cup.

2. Using stand mixer fitted with paddle, beat sugar, butter, and cream cheese on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low and very slowly add egg mixture until incorporated (batter may look slightly curdled). Add flour mixture in 3 additions, scraping down bowl as needed. Give batter final stir by hand.

3. Scrape batter into prepared pan and gently tap pan on counter to release air bubbles. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking.
Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool completely, about 2 hours. Serve. (Cake can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days.)