Mellow Cream Cheese Pound Cake Food

CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Generously coat a 10-inch tube pan with shortening; dust with flour. Beat butter and cream cheese with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until smooth, about 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs; beat until just blended, about 30 seconds. Add flour; beat until smooth, about 30 seconds. Stir in vanilla.
• Pour batter into prepared tube pan. Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour, 45 minutes. Cool in pan 20 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack, about 2 hours.

SOUTHERN LIVING'S CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Use an electric mixer to mix both butter and cream cheese until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar and beat for 5 minutes, then add eggs one at a time, allowing each to incorporate before adding more. Stir in vanilla.
• Sift flour and salt and add gradually to the mixer, beating until well blended.
• Pour batter into a well greased and floured bundt pan or tube cake pan.
• Place 2 cups water in an ovenproof container on the rack in the oven next to the cake.
• Bake cake at 300 for an hour and 45 minutes, or until a toothpick can be removed cleanly.
• Place pan on a wire rack and cool for 15 minutes, then remove the cake from the pan and complete cooling on the wire rack.

VANILLA CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Spray two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2-inch metal loaf pans with the baking spray and sprinkle the insides of the pans with the demerara sugar, tilting the pans to cover evenly.
• Place the butter, cream cheese, and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium speed for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes, until light and creamy. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula to be sure it's well mixed. With the mixer on low, add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well and scraping down the bowl before adding the next egg. Mix in the vanilla extract and vanilla seeds.
• Combine the cake flour and salt in a medium bowl. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, scraping down the bowl and beater with a rubber spatula. Mix the batter with the spatula to be sure it's well mixed. Divide the batter evenly between the two loaf pans, smooth the tops, and bake in the center of the oven for 60 to 70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean.
• Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 30 minutes, then carefully turn them out and cool completely on a baking rack.

MELLOW CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• With an electric mixer cream sugar, cream cheese and butter.
• Add eggs, one at a time and beat well after each. Add flavorings.
• Sift baking powder, salt and flour together. By hand mixing, add to cream mixture by one-thirds and beat ONLY until blended. (Do not overbeat).
• Grease and flour a 10" tube pan. Fill mixture into pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes and then turn out onto serving plate. Place tube pan back over cake to allow cake to "sweat" and retain moisture.
• Cake is better served next day after allowing to "mellow".
• Serve and enjoy!

DECADENT MARBLE CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 10 inch tube pan and lightly dust with flour.
• Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of hot water. Set aside.
• With an electric mixer, cream the butter, cream cheese and vanilla until smooth.
• Add sugar beat until light and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes.
• Add the eggs two at a time.
• Gradually incorporate the flour mixture on low speed.
• Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan.
• Stir the chocolate into the remaining batter and then pour into the plan.
• With a metal spatula or knife, swirl the two batters to create a marbled effect.
• Bake, 60-75 minutes, or until cakes tests done. Cover with foil halfway through the baking.
• Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Turn out the cake onto a wire rack to unmold.
• To serve, sift together grated chocolate and confectioners' sugar. Dust on top of cake.

MARTHA'S CREAM-CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two standard 9-by 5-inch loaf pans. Line with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on long sides.
• Sift flour and salt into a medium bowl. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and cream cheese on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. With mixer running, gradually add sugar, then increase speed to high and beat until light and airy, 4 to 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture, beating just until combined.
• Divide batter between prepared pans. Using a small offset spatula, slightly mound batter in center of each pan to encourage rising. Bake until tops are golden brown and testers inserted into centers come out clean, 70 to 85 minutes. Transfer pans to a wire rack and let cool 20 minutes, then invert cakes onto rack and let cool completely.

CREAM-CHEESE POUND CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla. With mixer on low, add flour and salt in two additions, beating until just combined.
• Generously coat two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2- by-2 1/2-inch loaf pans (1 1/2 quarts each) with cooking spray; immediately pour in batter (pan will seem full). Tap pans on work surface to eliminate any large air bubbles.
• Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out almost clean, 60 to 75 minutes (if the tops begin to brown too quickly, tent with aluminum foil).
• Cool 10 minutes in the pan. Turn out the cakes; cool completely, with top sides up, on a wire rack.

CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine flour and baking powder. Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Add dry pudding mix, milk and extract; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until well blended.
• Spoon into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake 50 to 60 min. or until toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.