Grandma’s Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Method13 steps

1. 1

   Step 1: With the ingredients at room temperature, cream 1½ cups unsalted butter with 8 oz cream cheese until combined.

   Uses 1½ cups unsalted butter (three standard US ½-cup sticks), at room temperature · 8 oz cream cheese

2. 2

   Step 2: Beat in the first 3 eggs one at a time, mixing for about 1 minute after each egg or until fully incorporated.

   Uses creamed butter and cream cheese · First 3 of the 6 eggs

3. 3

   Step 3: Mix in 1½ cups sugar, half the measured total, until combined.

   Uses butter mixture with first 3 eggs · First half of sugar: 1½ cups

4. 4

   Step 4: Mix in the remaining 1½ cups sugar thoroughly.

   Uses partly sweetened cake mixture · Remaining half of sugar: 1½ cups

5. 5

   Step 5: Beat in the remaining 3 eggs one at a time, mixing for about 1 minute after each egg or until fully incorporated.

   Uses sweetened cake mixture · Remaining 3 of the 6 eggs

6. 6

   Step 6: Mix in 3 tsp vanilla extract and 2 tsp lemon extract.

   Uses cake mixture with all 6 eggs · 3 teaspoons vanilla extract · 2 teaspoons lemon extract

7. 7

   Step 7: Mix in 1½ cups cake flour and ½ tsp baking powder.

   Uses flavored cake mixture · First half of flour: 1½ cups · 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

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   Step 8: Mix well, then mix in the remaining 1½ cups cake flour, scraping the bowl so the batter is evenly combined.

   Uses partly flour-mixed cake batter · Remaining half of flour: 1½ cups

9. 9

   Step 9: Grease and flour a Bundt pan with the separate pan butter and dusting flour, then spoon in the batter.

   Uses finished pound-cake batter · Extra butter to grease the Bundt pan (quantity unspecified) · Extra flour to dust the Bundt pan (quantity unspecified)

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    Step 10: Run a knife through the batter to release trapped air.

    Uses pound-cake batter in the pan

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    Step 11: Put the pan in a cold oven, then set the oven to 325°F / 165°C. Do not preheat for this source method.

    Uses prepared pound-cake batter

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    Step 12: Bake for about 1½ hours; oven timing varies. The cake should spring back lightly when touched and a tester should have no wet batter.

    Bake pound cake · 90 minUses cake in the heating oven

13. 13

    Step 13: Cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 15 minutes, then remove from the pan and finish cooling before serving.

    Cool pound cake in pan · 15 minUses baked cream-cheese pound cake