How to Make Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze - A Step-by-Step Guide

There's something truly special about a beautifully made pound cake. The dense, moist texture, the rich and buttery flavor, and the endless possibilities for variations make it a perennial favorite in the world of baking. And when you add cream cheese to the mix, you elevate this classic cake to a whole new level of deliciousness.

This Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze is a true showstopper. The addition of cream cheese not only gives it a wonderful tangy flavor, but also contr...

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Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups butter
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • 2 ½ cups white sugar
  • 6 eggs at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 3 cups cake flour (such as Swans Down®)
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Information

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins
  • Additional Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 2 hrs
  • Servings: 14
  • Yield: 1 10-inch cake

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
  • Beat butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat sugar into butter mixture until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the eggs two at a time, allowing each pair of eggs to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts with the last eggs. Pour the flour and nutmeg into the bowl and beat until just incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared tube pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 80 minutes. Check for doneness after 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
  • Nutrition

    512 cal.

    • Total Fat: 28g
    • Saturated Fat: 17g
    • Cholesterol: 150mg
    • Sodium: 218mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 60g
    • Dietary Fiber: 1g
    • Total Sugars: 36g
    • Protein: 7g
    • Calcium: 35mg
    • Iron: 3mg
    • Potassium: 87mg