Best Cream Cheese Pound Cakes Recipes

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CREAM-CHEESE POUND CAKES



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For best results, bake these cakes at least a day before serving. Store, wrapped in plastic, for up to three days at room temperature, or freeze for up to three months.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cake Recipes

Time 1h45m

Yield Makes 2

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 bar (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
3 cups sugar
6 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
Nonstick cooking spray

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla. With mixer on low, add flour and salt in two additions, beating until just combined.
  • Generously coat two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2- by-2 1/2-inch loaf pans (1 1/2 quarts each) with cooking spray; immediately pour in batter (pan will seem full). Tap pans on work surface to eliminate any large air bubbles.
  • Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out almost clean, 60 to 75 minutes (if the tops begin to brown too quickly, tent with aluminum foil).
  • Cool 10 minutes in the pan. Turn out the cakes; cool completely, with top sides up, on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 308 g, Fat 16 g, Protein 4 g

MAPLE-PECAN MINI POUND CAKES WITH MAPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



Maple-Pecan Mini Pound Cakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting image

My husband said these mini cakes remind him of a superbly delicious pancake. Since the pecans are a fattier nut, they tend to float to the top of batter--which, when the cakes are flipped, ultimately becomes a nutty crust-like addition to the cakes. Adding chopped pecans as a garnish helps to balance everything out.

Provided by Kim

Categories     Mini Cakes

Time 50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 22

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
½ cup pure maple syrup
3 tablespoons firmly packed dark brown sugar
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon maple extract
¼ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
⅔ cup chopped pecans
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
¾ cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon maple extract
⅛ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons heavy cream
¼ cup chopped pecans, or as needed

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a mini Bundt® pan.
  • Whisk together 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour, salt, baking soda, and nutmeg in a small bowl.
  • Mix together butter, maple syrup, and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Mixture will look curdled; this is normal. Add in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla and maple extracts. Add in half of the flour mixture and mix until combined. Pour in buttermilk and mix until combined. Add in remaining flour mixture and mix until just combined. Batter will be thin. Stir in pecans. Divide batter evenly amongst the cavities of the prepared pan.
  • Place pan into the preheated oven and bake until the bottom of the cakes spring back lightly when touched, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool cakes in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • To make the frosting: mix cream cheese and butter together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add in powdered sugar, maple syrup, vanilla extract, maple extract, and salt; beat until mixture is completely smooth. Pour in heavy cream and mix until well incorporated. Frost mini cakes as desired, and sprinkle additional chopped pecans on top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 648.4 calories, Carbohydrate 66.7 g, Cholesterol 164.9 mg, Fat 39.8 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 8.7 g, SaturatedFat 17.7 g, Sodium 393.5 mg, Sugar 44.6 g

MINI CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKES WITH PUMPKIN GLAZE



Mini Cream Cheese Pound Cakes with Pumpkin Glaze image

Just the recipe title along had us excited! These delightful cakes are made all the more delicious by the addition of Susan's wonderful pumpkin glaze! A real holiday must.

Provided by SK H

Categories     Other Breakfast

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 1/2 c butter softened
8 oz cream cheese, softened
3 c sugar
6 large eggs
3 c all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp real vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
GLAZE
1 c powdered sugar
2 Tbsp pure pumpkin (not the pie mix)
1 Tbsp water
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Steps:

  • 1. Beat butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating well, Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until yellow disappears.
  • 2. Combine flour and salt. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended; stir in vanilla and almond flavorings.
  • 3. Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin cups, filling three-fourths full.
  • 4. Bake at 350° for 16 to 18 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • 5. Cool in pans 10 minutes then remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks. Remove cupcake papers and put cakes on a tray.
  • 6. Mix powdered sugar, pumpkin puree, water, and cinnamon until well blended.
  • 7. Drizzle pumpkin glaze over cakes.

MINI CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKES



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I've had some mini loaf pans for several years and never used them - until now. I decided to include a mini pound cake in the welcome baskets for my daughters out of town wedding guests. Sooooo, I had to try out the pans to figure out how much to fill them and how long to cook. They turned out great.

Provided by Valerie Johnson

Categories     Cakes

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 1/2 c butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, softened
3 c sugar
6 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
3 c all purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt

Steps:

  • 1. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy
  • 2. Gradually add sugar, beating 5-7 minutes.
  • 3. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Add vanilla, mix well.
  • 4. Combine flour and salt, gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low just until blended after each addition.
  • 5. Pour into 5 greased and floured mini loaf pans.
  • 6. Bake at 300 degrees, 40-45 minutes. Test each cake with tooth pick to see if it's done. (four of mine were done, the 5th took another 3 minutes.
  • 7. NOTE: My mini pans are 6 inches long, 3 inches wide and 2 inches deep.

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