cream cheese pound cake

Happy Birthday America! To celebrate, I wanted to make something traditional for the office. And what more true blue to American culture than pound cake?

Do you all know why its called pound cake? Typically, it is made of a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, eggs, butter, and sugar. Can't get any more simpler than that! I ended up making one with a bit of twist - cream cheese.

cream cheese pound cake
adapted from allrecipes

ingredients

• 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 1-1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cups white sugar
• 5 eggs, room temperature
• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

directions

1. preheat over to 325 degrees F.
2. in a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy
3. add eggs two at a time, beating well with each addition. add the flour all at one and mix in. add vanilla.
4. pour into a 10 inch tube pan. bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.

Foodbuzz daily special inspiration is the stainless steel mixing bowls, great for this recipe.