Awesome Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Rich, buttery pound cake with a crispy crust but moist cake. my cousin made it for my wedding cake and gave it to us as a gift. it is awesome with butter cream icing. she said a friend gave it to her and that it used to be used in a bakery.

• Ready In: 1 hr 50 mins
• Serves: 14

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce)  cream cheese (room temp)
• 1 1⁄2 cups margarine (room temp) or 1 1⁄2 cups butter (room temp)
• 3  cups sugar
• 6  eggs
• 1  tablespoon vanilla
• 2  cups plain flour
• 1  cup self-rising flour
• 1  tablespoon  almond flavoring (optional I like to play around with the flavors and sometimes mix them) (optional) or 1  tablespoon  lemon flavoring (optional I like to play around with the flavors and sometimes mix them) (optional)
• 8  ounces  fruit (i roll my fruit in flour and fold in with spatula after mixing cake batter. i have used candied frui) (optional)

Directions

1. CREAM TOGETHER CREAM CHEESE, MARGARINE, & SUGAR. ADD 6 EGGS (1 AT A TIME). ADD VANILLA. SIFT TOGETHER FLOUR & SELF-RISING FLOUR & ADD.
2. BAKE AT 325 DEGREES IN TUBE PAN APPROX 1 1/2 HOURS.
3. FOR LAYERS, BAKE AT 350 APPROX 30 minutes.