Cheese and more cheese...
Posted by Kathryn @ 9:10 AM
So my good friend Toni turned me on to this recipe. It is completely delicious and rather addictive. The cream cheese gives it a cheesecake like flavor, but a texture that my husband adores. He is crazy for pound cake... I have to hide it or freeze it to make sure that it sticks around for guests.
CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE
1 cup margarine (2 sticks)
½ cup butter softened
1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
3 cups sugar
Dash of salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. lemon extract
6 large eggs
3 cups sifted all purpose flour
Cream together margarine, butter, cream cheese and sugar. Add salt and flavorings. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add flour and mix well. Pour batter into a greased and sugared (using flour works too) 10-inch tube or bundt pan. Place pan in a COLD oven. Set temperature for 325 degrees. Bake for 1-1/2 hours or until done. Cool in pan.
I ended up putting it in two loaf pans because I threw out my bundt pan after the last three cakes stuck so badly they could not be presented to those outside of the immediate family... it worked just fine. It is better on the underbaked side than overbaked, so if you feel like you should take it out... go with it... it will be fine. The crust is absolutely heavenly... especially if you sugar the pan.. I swear Toni has been divinely inspired. I personally am not a huge lemon and cheese fan, so I may go with a different flavor in the future, but it does leave a nice bright flavor.
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