Turn a handful of simple ingredients into a moist and flavorful dessert with this cream cheese pound cake recipe.
A cream cheese pound cake is a dense yet moist cake with a great flavor that everyone loves.
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This recipe makes a moist cake with a slightly dense texture and a golden-brown crust. It has a rich buttery vanilla taste and pairs well with fruit like fresh berries or almost any kind of dessert sauce (like strawberry sauce).
- Pound cake has remained a popular dessert for a reason. It is so good! Pound cake is a sweet, dense, and flavorful cake.
- The addition of cream cheese will make this cake a little more moist than a classic pound cake.
- This cake is so simple and easy to make. Add a little sweet glaze and some fresh fruit for serving.
Ingredients & Variations
DRY INGREDIENTS The joy of a pound cake is the simplicity of its ingredients. Flour, cornstarch, and a little salt are all that is needed for dry ingredients.
WET INGREDIENTS Pound cakes have quite a few eggs. In this recipe, the butter and cream cheese is beaten with sugar and then the eggs are added one at a time. A bit of vanilla extract adds flavor.
CREAM CHEESE Make sure to soften the cream cheese. This will make it easier to cream with the butter and the sugar.
How to Make Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This cream cheese pound cake is sure to be a hit for dessert.
- Beat butter/cream cheese: Beat cream cheese, butter, & sugar (as per the recipe below).
- Add eggs: Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Add dry ingredients: Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients in the mixer.
- Bake: Pour the cake batter into a prepared bundt cake pan.
Tips
- Ensure ingredients are at room temperature.
- Beating the butter/sugar mixture for a longer time adds air into the mixture and helps with rise.
- Ensure you measure the flour by spooning the flour into the measuring cup (not scooping the flour).
- Do not overmix the cake once the flour is added or the cake will be dense.
- Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Storing Pound Cake
After it has cooled down, pound cake can be stored in an air tight container or tightly covered with plastic wrap. It should last on the counter about 4 days.
Want to freeze leftovers for later? No problem! Simply wrap in plastic wrap and then in aluminum foil, and place it in an airtight container. It will keep in the freezer for three months. Store the cake whole, or cut into pieces, and wrap individually. This makes it easier for snacking on!
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 ½ cups sugar
- 6 eggs room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Grease and flour a bundt pan. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Beat butter and cream cheese with a stand mixer* on medium speed until combined, about 2 minutes. Add sugar and beat an additional 3 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
- Place flour, cornstarch, and salt in a bowl and stir a few times with a whisk. Add a bit at a time to the butter mixture until fully incorporated.
- Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Bake 65-75 minutes or until toothpick inserted 1″ from edge comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, remove from the pan, and cool completely.
Notes
- Ensure ingredients are at room temperature.
- Beating the butter/sugar mixture for a longer time adds air into the mixture and helps with rise.
- Ensure you measure the flour by spooning the flour into the measuring cup (not scooping the flour).
- Do not overmix the cake once the flour is added or the cake will be dense.
- Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Cake, Dessert
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This is my very first time making a cream cheese pound cake
Love this combo – perfect desert
I took ot out of the oven at 2:40pm.
only 2 slices left. Saving the recipe♥️ thank you. tt
So glad you loved this recipe Toni!
This cake is so delicious!! My friends really liked it. So glad I made the glaze! Super easy!!!
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe Nadine!
Is it possible to make it in half size so that it can fit in 6 cup size bundt mold? For half the size, can I simply make all ingredients just half?
Hi June, we haven’t tried baking this in a 6-cup bundt pan but that sounds like it should work. Just half the batter ingredients and bake. I would check it for doneness by inserting a toothpick in the center to ensure it doesn’t overcook.
Could you (successfully) make this recipe keto by using almond flour?
I’ve not tried this recipe with almond flour, so can’t say for sure. Please let us know if you try the pound cake with almond flour Bridget!
This pound cake turned out perfectly! Followed the recipe exactly. Delicious!
So happy to her that, Chaeli!
I made this cake tonight and it turned out great,it was moist and light and airy. The top layer was a little crispy,but it was perfect. I never thought I would tackle a pound cake . I was very proud when it came out of oven and cooled . It was delicious,I had to have a piece. Thanks for the recipe
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe Denise!
I just made it for Father’s Day, omg it was delicious!! I made a fresh strawberry sauce & whipped cream to put over it, its definitely a keeper I was a little nervous since I never made one before it turned out great!!
That is great, Nancy! So happy this recipe was a hit for you.
I halved the ingredients and used a loaf pan. This pound cake is baking in my oven right now! I will serve it with strawberries and whipped cream. Or drizzle carmel sauce on it. YUMMY!! Thanks for the easy recipe!
I just love to cook cake and what every
I’ve found that cream cheese is the secret to make any cake moist especially pound cake
It tastes so delicious too!
Almost perfect. Excellent
What temperature cook cream cheese pound cake?
Hi Stephanie, in step one we preheat the oven to 325°F and cook it for 65-75 minutes in step 7. Hope that helps!
Excellent Cake delicious mmmmgood
So glad you loved it!
What is the corn starch for? Have not made cake yet, would like to.
Cornstarch helps with texture and gives this a slightly softer crumb.
Holly, what is the purpose of the cornstarch in this recipe? I have an old recipe of my Mother’s sans cornstarch and am just curious. Thanks for all the cooking inspiration you share
Cornstarch helps with texture and gives this a slightly softer crumb.