Cream Cheese Pound Cakes Just Melt In The Mouth

Cream cheese lend a pound cake a rich creamy feeling and the butter just makes the cake melt in the mouth. The richly cream-laded cake is generally moist (unless the proportion is messed up) with a dark golden-brown sweet and crispy crust all around it. Lemon or orange zest is usually added to add that extra citrusy flavor to it. Fresh fruits are to be avoided but feel free to add chocolate chips, dried fruits and nuts. Well what are you waiting for? Heat up the oven and bake any cake mentioned below.

Basic Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Ingredients:

• All-purpose flour, 3 cups
• Unsalted butter, 1½ cups
• Cream cheese, 1.8 ounces
• Castor sugar, 3 cups
• Large eggs, 6
• Baking powder, 1 tsp
• Baking soda, ½ tsp
• Salt, ½ tsp
• Vanilla extract, 1 tbsp

In a large glass bowl, sift together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using an electric beater, beat unsalted butter and cream cheese until smooth and well-blended. Add castor sugar in three parts and beat well after each addition, until it is light and fluffy. Add one egg at a time and beat continuously. Lastly add the vanilla extract and beat for a couple of seconds more. Stir in sifted flour, and beat until well-blended. Pour cake batter into a greased pan, and bake in preheated oven at 350º F. Insert a toothpick to check if the baking is complete. Remove from the oven and let it cool down completely, before removing cake from the pan.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Ingredients:

• Flour, 3 cups
• Cream cheese, 3 ounces
• Butter, 1 cup
• Shortening, ½ cup
• Eggs, 5
• Buttermilk, 1 cup
• Vanilla extract, 1 tsp
• Lemon extract, 1 tsp
• Baking powder, 1 tsp
• Salt, ½ tsp
• Prepared strawberry topping
• Fresh strawberry, ½ cup

In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and shortening, until smooth. Gradually add sugar and beat it until it becomes light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat after each addition, until all eggs have been added. Sift flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add it alternately with buttermilk, to the creamed mixture, beating until blended. Add to it, the vanilla and lemon extract. Stir in the fresh strawberries gently with a spoon. Pour batter into a greased cake pan and bake in a preheated oven at 350º F. Insert a toothpick in it to check if it comes out without sticking. Once the cake has completely cooled off, gently shake it off from the pan. Spread strawberry toppings over the top and serve.

Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Ingredients:

• All-purpose flour, 1½ cup
• Blueberries, 1 cup
• Cream cheese, 3 ounces
• Unsalted butter, 4 ounces
• Sugar, 1½ cup
• Large eggs, 4
• Baking powder, ½ tsp
• Vanilla extract, 1 tsp
• Grated lemon zest, 1 tsp

Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in a mixing bowl. Beat butter and cream cheese using a beater. Add sugar to it and beat until fluffy. Continue beating in one egg at a time. Add the shifted flour, vanilla extract and lemon zest, and beat until all ingredients have blended well. With a spoon, gently fold in the blueberries, and pour the cake consistency in a greased pan. Bake until the inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool the cake before serving.

Above recipes are easy to make and need little time to prepare. For all those who are hard-pressed for time, it is easy to incorporate ready-made cake mixes, and achieve the same creamy rich moist cakes. Cream cheese is used to make some yummy desserts and pie recipes also!