If you’re looking for a good pound cake recipe, my easy cream cheese pound cake recipe will make one of the best pound cakes you’ve ever tasted.
With a golden crust on the outside and a tender crumb on the inside, it takes a traditional pound cake to another level of deliciousness.
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Made with simple ingredients, my easy pound cake recipe will be one of your go-to cake recipes. This delicious cake is guaranteed to become a family favorite.
![Slice of cream cheese pound cake on white plate with berries.](https://www.askchefdennis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cream-cheese-pound-cake-LS-10.jpg)
After one bite, I know you’ll agree that this is the best cream cheese pound cake you’ve ever made!
If you’re a fan of delicious cakes, make sure to try my lemon pound cake and Kentucky butter cake recipes. They are ah-mazingly delicious!
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Ingredients to make Cream Cheese Pound Cake
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Let’s start by gathering the ingredients needed to make my easy Cream Cheese Pound Cake recipe. In Chef Speak, this is called the “Mise en Place,” which translates to “Everything in its Place.”
Not only does setting up your ingredients ahead of time speed up the cooking process, it also helps ensure you have everything you need to make the dish.
*Make sure to use room temperature ingredients when making my homemade pound cake recipe.
How to make Cream Cheese Pound Cake
- Preheat the oven to 325°Fahrenheit.
- Grease a bundt pan with butter (or nonstick baking spray). Set the prepared pan aside until needed.
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- Add the butter and cream cheese to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or a large bowl with an electric mixer).
- Beat for 2 minutes at high speed.
- Add the granulated sugar to the mixture.
- Beat at high speed for 5-7 minutes until very pale, yellow, and fluffy.
*The long whipping time will add air to the creamed butter, helping with the structure of the cake. - Add the eggs, one at a time.
- Combine well at medium speed after each addition, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
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- Add the sour cream to the mixture, mixing to combine.
- Turn the mixer down to its lowest speed, then add the flour and salt.
- Mix just enough to combine. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Add the vanilla extract to the mixture.
- Mix just enough to combine. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared bundt pan.
Place the cake pan on the center rack of the preheated oven and bake for 75 – 80 minutes or until a toothpick (or cake tester) inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
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Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
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- Invert the cream cheese pound cake onto a serving plate and allow it to cool for an hour or until completely cooled.
- When fully cooled, dust the cream cheese pound cake with powdered sugar.
![Slice of cream cheese pound cake on white plate with berries.](https://www.askchefdennis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cream-cheese-pound-cake-sq-10.jpg)
My cream cheese pound cake with its moist crumb is one of my favorite pound cake recipes. It’s a delicious dessert and breakfast cake, perfect for an elegant dinner, potluck, or just to treat your family. Serve it with fresh berries, your favorite fresh fruit, raspberry sauce, vanilla ice cream, or homemade whipped cream.
Store any leftover cake refrigerated in an airtight container for 4-5 days. It can be frozen, double-wrapped with plastic wrap, or well-sealed in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.
Recipe FAQ’s
The most common reason is exposing the cake to cool air before it’s fully cooked. It’s important not to open the oven during the baking process or remove the cake from the oven before it’s fully cooked.
Pound cake takes longer to bake than other types of cakes because of their higher dairy content. When baking in a bundt pan, bake at 325 degrees with longer bake times to get an evenly baked cake.
If using loaf pans, the correct baking temperature would be 350.
If your pound cake looks wet in the middle, it could be for a few reasons.
The cake may have been underbaked, the oven temperature could have been too low, or the batter may have been too moist.
It’s important to preheat your oven and use an oven thermometer to check the accuracy of your oven temperature. Most home ovens vary in temperature.