Cream Cheese Pound Cake With Strawberries and Cream |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 11 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Use my recipe for Strawberry Sauce (Strawberry Sauce) with this recipe. You won't be disappointed. It's a winner! From Southern Living. Ingredients:
1 (16 ounce) container fresh strawberries, sliced |
2 tablespoons sugar |
1 cup butter, softened |
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened |
2 1/2 cups sugar |
6 large eggs |
3 cups sifted cake flour |
1/8 teaspoon salt |
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
1 cup whipping cream |
3 tablespoons sugar |
strawberry syrup (see recipe i posted strawberry sauce) |
1 whole fresh strawberries, garnish |
Directions:
1. Sprinkle sliced strawberries with 2 tablespoons sugar; cover and chill until ready to serve.
2. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 2 1/2 cups sugar, beating well.
3. Add eggs, l at a time, beating until combined.
4. Stir in flour by hand just until moistened.
5. Stir in salt and vanilla.
6. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
7. Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.
9. Cut into slices.
10. Beat whipping cream and 3 tablespoons sugar at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
11. Serve with cake; top with strawberry mixture, and drizzle with Strawberry Syrup.
12. Garnish, if desired.
13. Note: Great results for this recipe were gotten from using a hand mixer and then stirring the flour in by hand.
14. High-powered stand mixers can over beat some pound cakes, giving them a tough texture.
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