How to make cream cheese pound cake

Portia Arthur

July 20, 2018 2:23 PM

Pulse daily DIY recipe teaches prospective chefs how to prepare healthy, Ghanaian dishes in a simple way.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups unsalted butter room temperature

2 tablespoons oil or shortening

8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature one brick

2 3/4 granulated sugar

6 large eggs

3 cups sifted cake flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon Simple Truth vanilla extract

Simple Truth powdered sugar for garnish

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Method

Preheat oven to 325°F

In a mixer bowl, add butter, oil and cream cheese and beat for 2 minutes on high speed.

Slowly add in sugar beat on high speed for an additional seven minutes until very pale yellow and fluffy.

Add eggs, one at a time, combining well after each addition and scraping down the sides as needed.

Turn your mixer down to its lowest speed, and slowly add flour into a batter in two increments then add salt. Be careful not to overbeat.

Lastly, add in vanilla extract, scrape down sides and mix until just combined and turn off mixer.

Pour cake batter into prepared bundt pan, and bake for 1 hour and 15 -20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert cake on serving plate for at least an hour or until the cake is cool to the touch.

Dust with powdered sugar and serve.

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Portia Arthur