Description
A rich, tender pound cake made with butter and cream cheese, studded with fresh chopped strawberries, baked in a bundt pan and finished with a vanilla glaze.
Ingredients
For the cake: 1 1/2 cups (340 g) butter, softened
8 ounces (227 g) cream cheese, softened
2 1/2 cups (500 g) granulated sugar
6 large eggs, room temperature
3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour, plus 1 tablespoon for the strawberries
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chopped fresh strawberries
For the glaze: 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Generously grease and flour a 10-inch bundt or tube pan.
2. In a large bowl, beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth and creamy. Gradually beat in the sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in the vanilla.
4. Whisk the 3 cups of flour, baking powder, and salt together. Stir the dry ingredients into the batter just until combined.
5. Toss the chopped strawberries with the 1 tablespoon of flour, then fold them gently into the batter.
6. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
7. Bake for 80 to 90 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
9. Whisk the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over the cooled cake.
Notes
Based on a published strawberry cream cheese pound cake (1 1/2 cups butter, 8 ounces cream cheese, 2 1/2 cups sugar, 6 eggs, 3 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh strawberries, 325°F, bundt or tube pan, 80 to 90 minutes, strawberries tossed in flour, powdered sugar glaze), for example The Times Gazette. The source did not give the baking powder, salt, vanilla or glaze amounts, so those and the 16-slice yield are estimates. Test the cake and check it early.
Pat the strawberries dry so they do not make the batter wet.
Nutrition is an approximate estimate per slice (16 slices).
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 472
- Sugar: 40g
- Sodium: 159mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 131mg