Mini Cream Cheese Pound Cakes Food

MOIST CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. tube pan. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and cream cheese until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In a small bowl, whisk flour and baking powder. Gradually beat into creamed mixture. Transfer to prepare pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 80-90 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve with desired toppings.

MINI CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy
• 2. Gradually add sugar, beating 5-7 minutes.
• 3. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Add vanilla, mix well.
• 4. Combine flour and salt, gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low just until blended after each addition.
• 5. Pour into 5 greased and floured mini loaf pans.
• 6. Bake at 300 degrees, 40-45 minutes. Test each cake with tooth pick to see if it's done. (four of mine were done, the 5th took another 3 minutes.
• 7. NOTE: My mini pans are 6 inches long, 3 inches wide and 2 inches deep.

MINI CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKES WITH PUMPKIN GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Beat butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating well, Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until yellow disappears.
• 2. Combine flour and salt. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended; stir in vanilla and almond flavorings.
• 3. Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin cups, filling three-fourths full.
• 4. Bake at 350° for 16 to 18 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 5. Cool in pans 10 minutes then remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks. Remove cupcake papers and put cakes on a tray.
• 6. Mix powdered sugar, pumpkin puree, water, and cinnamon until well blended.
• 7. Drizzle pumpkin glaze over cakes.

MAPLE-PECAN MINI POUND CAKES WITH MAPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a mini Bundt® pan.
• Whisk together 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour, salt, baking soda, and nutmeg in a small bowl.
• Mix together butter, maple syrup, and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Mixture will look curdled; this is normal. Add in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla and maple extracts. Add in half of the flour mixture and mix until combined. Pour in buttermilk and mix until combined. Add in remaining flour mixture and mix until just combined. Batter will be thin. Stir in pecans. Divide batter evenly amongst the cavities of the prepared pan.
• Place pan into the preheated oven and bake until the bottom of the cakes spring back lightly when touched, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool cakes in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the frosting: mix cream cheese and butter together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add in powdered sugar, maple syrup, vanilla extract, maple extract, and salt; beat until mixture is completely smooth. Pour in heavy cream and mix until well incorporated. Frost mini cakes as desired, and sprinkle additional chopped pecans on top.

CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy.
• Add eggs two at a time, beating well with each addition. Add the flour all at once and mix in. Add vanilla.
• Pour into a 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Check for doneness at 1 hour. A toothpick inserted into center of cake will come out clean.