Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake Food

STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together cream cheese, butter, and sugar in mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add salt and the butter flavoring, and beat the mixture well.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• Stir in the flour.
• Gradually add the sliced strawberries, gently folding them in after each addition.
• Spoon the batter into a greased and floured bundt cake pan and bake in a preheated 325° oven for 1 1/4 hours, until the cake begins to shrink from the sides of the pan or until cake tests done.
• Remove cake from oven and place on cooling racks for 15 minutes to cool.
• Gently remove cake from pan and allow to cool thoroughly on wire rack.
• Dust with powdered sugar to serve.

STRAWBERRY SWIRL CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add cream cheese, beating until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Gradually add flour to butter mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition, stopping to scrape bowl as needed. Stir in almond and vanilla extracts. Pour one-third of batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (14-cup) tube pan (about 2 2/3 cups batter). Dollop 8 rounded teaspoonfuls strawberry glaze over batter, and swirl with a wooden skewer. Repeat procedure once, and top with remaining third of batter.
• Bake at 350° for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).
• NOTE: We tested with Marzetti Glaze for Strawberries.

STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE SWIRL CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• To make the cheesecake topping: in a food processor, blend all ingredients for 1 minute until smooth; remove to a bowl.
• In the processor without cleaning the bowl, add in 1/2 cup butter and 1-1/3 cups sugar; blend until smooth (about 1 minute).
• Add in vanilla, lemon extract, eggs, sour cream and blend well (about 30 seconds).
• Add in flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda; blend to make a smooth batter (about 30 seconds).
• Spoon batter into prepared baking pan.
• Spoon on cream cheese mixture topping (don't worry if there are open spaces).
• Drop jam dollups by teaspoonfuls over cake and cream cheese areas.
• Swirl the jam and the cream cheese topping to make a gentle marble effect.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until cake is set and the topping seems dry.
• Cool completely and dust with powdered sugar.

STRAWBERRY SWIRL CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• On medium speed, cream the butter and gradually add in the sugar; beat until fluffy.
• Add the cream cheese and mix well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, and beat just until combined.
• Gradually add the flour and beat on low speed until combined.
• Scraped the bowl frequently.
• Add the extracts.
• Pour 1/3 of the batter in a greased tube pan.
• Spoon 8 rounded teaspoonfuls of glaze on the batter and swirl it around.
• Repeat with 1/3 batter and glaze.
• Add the remaining batter on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until the cake tests done.
• Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes; remove from the pan and let the cake completely cool.

STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream the butter, cheese and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Add a pinch of salt and the butter flavoring and beat well.
• Add the eggs, one at a time.
• Beat thoroughly after each egg.
• Stir in the flour and fold in the strawberries.
• Spoon the batter into 2 buttered and floured cake pans.
• Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 1-1 1/2 hours-this depends on your oven-and until the cake beging to shrink from the sides of the pan-so the toothpick test.
• Place pans on cooking racks until cooled and then turn cakes gently onto wire racks to finish cooling.
• For the frosting Blend the butter and cheese together.
• Add the sugar and blend well.
• Frost cake.

STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE SWIRL

Steps:

• Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. Press onto the bottom of an ungreased 9-in. springform pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes., In a blender or food processor, combine strawberries and cornstarch; cover and process until smooth. Pour into a saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil and stir for 2 minutes. Set aside 1/3 cup strawberry sauce; cool. Cover and refrigerate remaining sauce for serving., In a bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in milk. Add lemon juice; mix well. Add eggs, beat on low just until combined. Pour half of the cream cheese mixture over crust. Drop half of the strawberry mixture by 1/2 teaspoonfuls onto cream cheese layer., Carefully spoon remaining cream cheese mixture over sauce. Drop remaining strawberry sauce by 1/2 teaspoonfuls on top. With a knife, cut through top layer only to swirl strawberry sauce., Bake at 325° for 55-65 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight., Remove side of pan. Thin chilled strawberry sauce with water if desired; serve with cheesecake. Store in the refrigerator.

STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cut pound cake into 1/2-in. slices; place in bottom of a 13x9-in. baking dish. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in milk and lemon juice until blended. Fold in 2-2/3 cups whipped topping and 1-1/2 cups strawberries with juice., Spread mixture over pound cake. Top with remaining 2-2/3 cups whipped topping. Refrigerate, covered, at least 4 hours or overnight. Top with remaining 1/2 cup strawberries in juice before serving.

STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Cream nonfat cream cheese, 1 cup plus 2 teaspoons butter, and sugar together in a bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add salt and vanilla extract and beat the mixture well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Gradually add flour, one cup at a time, beating until just incorporated into the batter. Add strawberries after the last cup of flour and beat for a few seconds. Finish mixing with spatula if you need to.
• Pour batter into the prepared Bundt® pan. Lightly sprinkle the top of the batter with the vanilla sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.

CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE WITH STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM

Steps:

• Sprinkle sliced strawberries with 2 tablespoons sugar; cover and chill until ready to serve.
• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 2 1/2 cups sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs, l at a time, beating until combined.
• Stir in flour by hand just until moistened.
• Stir in salt and vanilla.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.
• Cut into slices.
• Beat whipping cream and 3 tablespoons sugar at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
• Serve with cake; top with strawberry mixture, and drizzle with Strawberry Syrup.
• Garnish, if desired.
• Note: Great results for this recipe were gotten from using a hand mixer and then stirring the flour in by hand.
• High-powered stand mixers can over beat some pound cakes, giving them a tough texture.