Ultimate Southern Cream Cheese Pound Cake
 
Makes 1(10-inch) cake
Ingredients
  • 1 1⁄2 cups (340 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 8 ounces (225 grams) cream cheese, room temperature
  • 3 cups (600 grams) granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon (13 grams) vanilla extract
  • 1 1⁄2 teaspoons (4.5 grams) kosher salt
  • 6 large eggs (300 grams), room temperature
  • 3 cups (375 grams) cake flour
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325°F (170°C). Butter and flour a 10-inch straight-sided tube or angel food cake pan.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and salt at medium speed until flu y and pale, at least 8 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until there are no streaks of yolk left after each addition, about 15 seconds. Scrape bottom and sides of bowl with a rubber spatula. With mixer on medium- high speed, beat until superlight and airy, at least 3 minutes. Add flour, and stir with a rubber spatula just until combined. Spoon batter into prepared pan, and smooth top.
  3. Bake until cake has a lightly raised, cracked dome, is golden brown on top, and a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean, 1 hour and 30 minutes to 1 hour and 40 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert cake onto a plate, and unmold from pan. Turn cake right-side up, and let cool completely on wire rack.
Notes
As with all cake recipes, but more so here, having the butter and cream cheese at
true room temperature is vital to the two ingredients incorporating smoothly into the batter. Your best bet is take the butter and cream cheese out of the refrigerator the night before you plan to bake. That way, there’s no guessing that it’s at the perfect temperature and consistency.
Recipe by Bake from Scratch at https://bakefromscratch.com/ultimate-southern-cream-cheese-pound-cake/