Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Strawberries and Cream |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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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 |
garnish: whole fresh strawberries |
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. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until combined. Stir in flour by hand just until moistened. Stir in salt and vanilla. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
3. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack. Cut into slices.
4. Beat whipping cream and 3 tablespoons sugar at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Serve with cake; top with strawberry mixture, and drizzle with Strawberry Syrup. Garnish, if desired.
5. Note: We got great results for this recipe using a hand mixer and then stirring the flour in by hand. High-powered stand mixers can overbeat some pound cakes, giving them a tough texture.
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