(strawberry, maybe) swirl cream cheese pound cake

Name: (Strawberry, maybe) Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup(s) butter, softened (3 sticks); 3 cup(s) sugar; 8 ounce(s) cream cheese, softened; 6 large eggs; 3 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon(s) almond extract; 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 2/3 cup(s) glaze (optional) (strawberry, apricot, peach or your favorite; 1 - 6" wooden skewer (or ice pick with sharp narrow point)

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Barbara Eaton

Watertown, NY

Updated on May 12, 2011

This cake, minus the swirl, was brought to work by a co-worker, (thank you Linda B) who is an excellent cook. It can be a diet buster, one bite and you are hooked. Also works great for wedding cakes if you use layer pans instead of a bundt or tube pan.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 1 Hr 10 Min

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yield 10-12 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups butter, softened (3 sticks)
3 cups sugar
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
6 large eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup glaze (optional) (strawberry, apricot, peach or your favorite
1 - 6" wooden skewer (or ice pick with sharp narrow point)

How To Make (strawberry, maybe) swirl cream cheese pound cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy.

Step 2

Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
Step 3

Add cream cheese, beating until creamy
Step 4

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition
Step 5

Gradually add flour to butter mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition, stopping to scrape the bowel as needed.
Step 6

Stir in almond and vanilla extracts.
Step 7

Pour one-third of batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (14 cup) tube pan
Step 8

IF USING GLAZE....Dollop 8 rounded (not full) teaspoons glaze ocer batter, and swirl with wooden skewer. Repeat procedure once, and top with remaining third of bater.
Step 9

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick comes out clean.
Step 10

Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completly (about 1 hour)
Step 11

NOte: This was tested using Marzetti Glaze for Strawberries.
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