Strawberry cream cheese pound cake
Strawberry cream cheese pound cake is a simple loaf perfect for an afternoon treat.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 317kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour 210g
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt *see note
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter room temp / 57g
- 3 ounces cream cheese room temp / 6 tbsp. / 85g
- 1 cup sugar 200g
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla I use vanilla bean paste
- ½ cup whole milk or half and half 125mL
- 1 cup strawberries hulled and thinly sliced (about a dozen berries) / 170g
- Strawberry cream cheese icing optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C / Gas mark 4
- Butter and flour an 8 x 5 loaf pan.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together, set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add sugar and beat to combine. Scrape down bowl and add eggs, one a time, mixing thoroughly before adding in second egg.
- Add vanilla and milk, beat on low just to incorporate.
- Add flour mixture on low, beating just until mixture is almost incorporated, but not fully.
- Scrape down bowl, making sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl, beat on low for 30 seconds.
- Add 1/3 of the batter to the loaf pan. Smooth to make an even layer in the bottom of the pan.
- Then add sliced strawberries to the remainder of the batter and gently fold them in, using a rubber spatula.
- Add remaining batter to loaf pan and smooth the top.
- Bake for 60 - 70 minutes, or until a tester inserted comes out clean.
- Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes, then invert cake to release.
- Cool pound cake completely on wire rack before slicing.
Notes
- For a super simple strawberry glaze: Purée 1/3 cup fresh strawberries and mix with 1 cup powdered sugar until smooth.
- A note on salt – Not all salt is created equal. A teaspoon of Diamond Crystal kosher salt weighs about 2.7 grams, Morton's kosher salt weighs a little over 5 grams for a teaspoon and table salt weighs 6 grams for a teaspoon. So, adjust accordingly, depending on what kind of salt you are using.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 317kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 203mg | Potassium: 188mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 404IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 2mg