I love and adore a good, moist slice of cream cheese pound cake. It’s buttery and rich with a dense, tight crumb that is just perfect paired with some macerated strawberries or other fresh fruit and some homemade whipped cream. Or drizzle my raspberry coulis sauce over it to be extra fancy. Pound cake is a traditional, iconic dessert that is actually really simple to make, but too often folks settle for the frozen pound cake from the freezer section of the grocery store. No shade there, I’ve done the same thing myself in a pinch for things like trifles. But a homemade pound cake that has been made from scratch is a thing of beauty and truly a dessert worth serving to guests. I have another sour cream pound cake that is similar, but I think this cream cheese version is my favorite because the crumb is just a little tighter and the flavor is just a little richer and more complex thanks to the cream cheese. Cream Cheese Pound Cake is surprisingly easy to make, with simple ingredients and just a few simple steps. It’s one of my favorite recipes for potlucks, as I can bring berries and cream to serve on the side so people can pile on as much as they want. For more easy potluck cake recipes, check out my Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake, Lemon Earthquake Cake, or my Pineapple Upside Down Cake! If you love bundt cakes, you’ll love my Lemon Bundt Cake, Chocolate Bundt Cake, Pumpkin Bundt Cake, and this Kentucky Butter Cake!
What You’ll Need
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Butter – Use salted butter to add moisture, bind ingredients, and also enhance the flavors. Cream Cheese – I like using full-fat cream cheese for the best flavor and texture. Sugar – White granulated sugar adds the sweetness you need to balance out the sour flavor of the cream cheese. Salt & Baking Powder – Enhances all the flavors of this cake and helps the cake rise. Vanilla Extract – Adds a subtle sweetness to the cake that pairs well with almost any topping. Use my Homemade Vanilla Extract for the best flavor! Eggs – Adds richness and binds ingredients to get a moist crumb. Flour – I have found that cake flour has the best results with this cake.
How to Make This Recipe
Tips for Success
Spraying a 10-12 cup bundt pan with baking spray that has flour in it, or brushing the pan with softened butter using a pastry brush and dusting with flour will help remove the cake from the pan when ready. Ideally, you should let the eggs, butter, and cream cheese sit out on the counter for an hour prior to making the cake. Using room temperature ingredients will make mixing them easier, and also improve the texture of the pound cake. If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can use a large bowl and a handheld electric mixer for the same effect.
Substitutions and Variations
You can use regular all-purpose flour instead of cake flour, but the texture won’t be quite as nice. You can also use a homemade cake flour substitute using a combination of 6 Tablespoons of cornstarch and 330 grams of all-purpose flour. Add some fresh lemon juice, a little lemon zest, or a different extract to change the flavor of this cake.
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I love serving this cake with fresh strawberries, and other fresh berries like blueberries and blackberries, but raspberries and even citrus fruits like oranges would work well too. Add a dusting of powdered sugar on top before serving for a subtle but sweet finish. To add some decadence, I top the cake slices with Homemade Whipped Cream, but you could also try my Chocolate Whipped Cream for more flavor, or even my Raspberry Sauce for more berry flavor or Easy Homemade Lemon Curd for a citrus twist (so good)! Once cooled, you can top your cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, or Lemon Buttercream Frosting, or drizzle on a simple icing made with powdered sugar and water.
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