Cream Cheese Pound Cake

When I was in high school a neighbor made a wonderful pound cake. She was kind enough to share her recipe with my family. The cream cheese adds a little different twist to a pound cake.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Yields: 1 ten inch tube cake

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 3  cups sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6  large eggs
• 3  cups flour
• 1  dash salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
3. In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese, and eggs.
4. Add sugar gradually; mix well.
5. Add flour and salt gradually; mix well.
6. Stir in vanilla.
7. Pour batter into prepared pan.
8. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
9. Cool.