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Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Almond Glaze

This Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Almond Glaze is made with just 6 ingredients. It's a dense and delicious pound cake begging for a sprinkling of fresh berries and a dollop of whipped cream!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 35 mins
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 466 kcal
Course: Cake
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • for the cream cheese pound cake:
  • 1.5 c. 3 sticks unsalted butter, softened, plus 1 T. for buttering the pan
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 3 c. sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • 3 c. all-purpose flour plus more for flouring the pan
  • 2 T. pure vanilla extract
  • for the almond glaze:
  • 1.25 c. powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. almond extract
  • 1 to 3 T. milk depending on how thick you want the glaze

Instructions

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  1. Coat the entire interior of a Bundt pan with the tablespoon of butter, taking care to get every little nook and cranny. Add a bit of flour and tilt the pan around to cover all of the buttered surface. Gently tap out the excess. Set pan aside.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese together. Add sugarand beat well on high speed until light and fluffy. Turn mixer to low speed and add 2 eggs, then 1 cup flour, alternating adding eggs and flour until all eggs and flour are added, mixing well between each addition. Add vanilla and mix well. Pour into prepared Bundt pan and spread evenly.
  3. Place pan in cold oven. Heat oven to 340° F and bake for 80 to 85 minutes, or until toothpick comes out mostly clean. Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes in pan. Top Bundt pan with platter or cake stand and carefully turn cake out of pan. Let cool.
for the almond glaze:
  1. Whisk together all glaze ingredients. To get the very thin glaze as shown in my pictures, I used 2 tablespoons of milk to thin the glaze, and then drizzled the glaze over the cake when the cake still had just the slightest bit of warmth left to it. If you want a thicker glaze, start with just 1 tablespoon of milk to thin it, adding just a bit more if needed. Then wait until cake is completely cooled to drizzle the glaze over it.

Notes

  • Adapted from my sister Jessica's recipe box, originally from an old Penzeys catalog.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 Calories 466kcal (23%) Carbohydrates 69g (23%) Protein 8g (16%) Fat 18g (28%) Saturated Fat 10g (50%) Polyunsaturated Fat 6g Cholesterol 116mg (39%) Sodium 172mg (7%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 50g (100%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 16servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 466

% Daily Value*

Serving 1
Calories 466kcal 23%
Carbohydrates 69g 23%
Protein 8g 16%
Fat 18g 28%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Polyunsaturated Fat 6g 35%
Cholesterol 116mg 39%
Sodium 172mg 7%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 50g 100%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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