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Cream Cheese Pound Cake

My Cream Cheese Pound Cake recipe is rich, decadent, and packed with sour cream and cream cheese to create a perfectly dense, moist crumb.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time1 hour 35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cream cheese pound cake
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 569kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups butter, softened
  • 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • 2 ½ cups sugar
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 6 large eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 325℉ and grease and flour a 9” bundt pan. Set the pan aside for now.
  • Beat the butter, cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. You can use an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl several times so there are no clumps of butter or cream cheese.
  • Add the sour cream and vanilla to the bowl and mix again.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition. Make sure you are still scraping down the sides of the bowl so your batter will be nice and smooth.
  • Add the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt and mix well.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan, making it even throughout the pan.
  • Bang the pan on the counter twice to help pop any air bubbles in the batter. You want the cake to be dense with no air pockets!
  • Bake the cake for about 80 minutes. Check the cake after about 40 minutes to see if it is getting too brown. If it starts to look dark, loosely cover the pan with a piece of aluminum foil to prevent the direct heat from the oven from making it too brown. When the cake is fully cooked, a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake will come out cleanly.
  • Let the cake cool in the pan for about 1 hour then flip the cake onto a metal cooling rack or serving platter. Slice and enjoy!

Notes

  • This is a dense, heavy cake so it takes a while to cook in the oven. Do not be surprised if it can take up to 90 minutes for the center of the cake to be completely bakes.
  • Use two loaf pans instead of a bundt pan to make perfect pound cake loaves.

Nutrition

Calories: 569kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 86mg | Sodium: 295mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 43g | Vitamin A: 1023IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 2mg