The BET Strawberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Moist and fluffy strawberry cream cheese pound cake! Filled with contemporary strawberry swirls!

This week, I purchased a fairly little photograph album from Etsy to place Grandma Barb’s handwritten recipes in. I can’t imagine she’s been gone for nearly 4 years. Time absolutely flies, and Lord is aware of I miss and take into consideration that girl day-after-day.

As I used to be going by way of her recipes, I needed to snigger on the quantity of instances she had recipes for cream cheese pound cake. She liked making cream cheese pound cake and even let me file her making one for this website. I treasure this video!

After all, this put me within the temper for a do-it-yourself cream cheese pound cake! However not simply any cream cheese pound cake; I wished a flavored selection!

Properly, good day there, strawberry cream cheese pound cake.

This recipe took some improvement and tweaking, however as soon as I figured it out…Lord have mercy.

Have you ever ever had a strawberry cream cheese pound cake? It’s completely scrumptious, and I feel I prefer it higher than common strawberry pound cake! The strawberry taste shines so properly on this and pairs nicely with the cream cheese glaze.

Why I LOVE this pound cake

You’ll find a ton of blue ribbon-worthy do-it-yourself pound cake recipes and bundt muffins on this website, and this one isn’t any completely different! It’s a winner!

My goodness, it’s so good!!  You get the richness of a basic cream cheese pound cake however with ribbons of contemporary strawberry-flavored batter swirled all through.

The crumb texture is so extremely moist and tender, and the cream cheese glaze provides the right completion.

Yeah, you’re gonna wanna hold this within the stash! Have it for dessert paired with vanilla ice cream and strawberry glaze! It’s even pretty within the morning with espresso.

Right here’s what you’ll want

INGREDIENTS (Full recipe with measurements are on the backside of put up)

STRAWBERRY PUREE

• contemporary strawberries, washed and stems eliminated
• granulated sugar

CAKE

• salted butter, room temperature
• cream cheese, room temperature
• granulated sugar
• vanilla extract
• lemon extract
• all-purpose flour
• baking soda
• salt
• complete milk, room temperature
• massive eggs, room temperature
• strawberry extract
• purple meals coloring

GLAZE

• powdered sugar, sifted
• cream cheese
• milk
• vanilla extract
• strawberry extract

Easy methods to make strawberry cream cheese pound cake

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To make the strawberry puree, mix strawberries till easy.
2. In a small saucepan, mix puree with sugar. Simmer over low warmth till diminished to 1/2 cup, stirring incessantly.
3.  Take away it from the warmth and permit to chill.
4. To make the cake, preheat oven to 325. F. Grease a 10-cup bundt pan with shortening (I exploit butter-flavored shortening and calmly coat it with flour. Put aside.
5. In a big mixing bowl, beat butter and cream cheese for 1-2 minutes till fluffy.
6. Add 1 cup of the sugar and set a timer for 3 minutes. Combine on this sugar at a low pace, together with the opposite cups of sugar. Proceed mixing till the three minutes are up.
7. Combine within the vanilla extract and lemon extract. Put aside.
8. In a small bowl, add eggs and milk. Put aside.
9. Whisk collectively the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
10. Steadily add dry substances to the butter combination, alternating with the egg combination. Combine nicely after every addition, scraping the bowl. The batter needs to be fluffy and whipped.
11. Take away 2 cups of batter from the bowl and place it in a small bowl. 
12. To the small bowl, add the strawberry puree, strawberry extract, and purple meals coloring (I used 25 drops of McCormick liquid meals coloring).
13. Pour the strawberry combination into the common batter and start to softly fold to create swirls. Don’t stir. (see the video for a visible demonstration)
14. Spoon batter into the bundt pan and faucet the pan on the counter to launch air bubbles.
15. Bake on the center rack for 1 hour quarter-hour. It’s carried out when a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clear or with moist crumbs clinging to it.
16. Take away from the oven and funky on a cooling rack for about 15-20 minutes.
17. Take away from pan and permit to chill fully on the wire rack earlier than glazing.
18. To make the glaze, combine cream cheese and powdered sugar collectively till crumbly. Steadily combine in sufficient milk to create a silky, pourable texture. Combine in vanilla extract, strawberry extract, and salt.)
19. Drizzle or pour glaze over the cake and permit to set earlier than slicing. (this icing creates a mushy set with a agency, skinny set layer on prime and a creamy underside)

Easy methods to retailer, freeze, and reheat pound cake

One factor that I really like about pound muffins is how nicely they retailer, freeze, and reheat. In the event you handle to have leftovers and never demolish this cake in someday like we do in my home, right here’s methods to deal with it!

Storing

• You’ll need to retailer this pound cake in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 3 days. You may retailer it for a few week if saved within the fridge.

Freezing

• Entire Strawberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake: Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, then in aluminum foil, and place in a freezer-safe bag or hermetic container. Freeze for as much as 3 months.
• Sliced Strawberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake: Wrap particular person slices in plastic wrap, then retailer them in a freezer bag for simple single servings. Make sure you label it with the date so when it was frozen!

Reheating

• From the Fridge: Let it sit at room temperature for about half-hour or heat particular person slices within the microwave for 10-15 seconds.
• From Frozen: Thaw within the fridge in a single day, then convey to room temperature earlier than serving.

Frequent questions

1. Can I exploit frozen strawberries? Positive can!
2. Can I skip the strawberry extract? I wouldn’t suggest it. Utilizing pure strawberry extract actually amplifies the strawberry taste.
3. Do I’ve to make use of meals coloring? Sure, if you need a darker shade of pink or purple. You need to use a pure meals coloring if desired.
4. Can I skip the cream cheese frosting? Sure, nevertheless it’s actually good and provides one other layer of taste to this strawberry cream cheese pound cake.
5. Why didn’t my swirls present up when baked? Be sure to gently fold the strawberry batter into the principle batter as a substitute of stirring. Stirring blends the colours as a substitute of making swirls. Utilizing purple meals coloring enhances the strawberry layer’s coloration. In the event you don’t use meals coloring, the pink batter will flip a really gentle brownish pink as soon as baked.
6. Can I make this cake and not using a bundt pan? Sure! You need to use two loaf pans. Regulate baking time accordingly and verify for doneness.

Get the Recipe:

Strawberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Moist and fluffy strawberry cream cheese pound cake with cream cheese glaze

Servings: 12

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time: 1 hour hr 15 minutes minutes

Strawberry Puree

• 1 lb strawberries (washed and hulled)
• ½ cup sugar

Cake

• 8 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
• 1½ cups salted butter (3 sticks, room temperature)
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon lemon extract
• 6 eggs (room temperature)
• ⅓ cup complete milk (room temperature)
• 3 cups all-purpose flour (spoon and stage into measuring cup)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1-2 tablespoons strawberry extract
• 25 drops liquid purple meals coloring *See be aware (can use kind of)

Glaze

• 4 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 3-4 tablespoons complete milk
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon strawberry extact
• ⅛ teaspoon salt

Prepare dinner ModeForestall your display from going darkish

• To make the strawberry puree, mix strawberries till easy.

  1 lb strawberries (washed and hulled)

• In a small saucepan, mix puree with sugar. Simmer over low warmth till diminished to a heaping 1/2 cup, stirring incessantly. (Watch out to not burn it)

  ½ cup sugar

•  Take away it from the warmth and permit to chill.

• To make the cake, preheat oven to 325. F. Grease a 10-cup bundt pan with shortening (I exploit butter-flavored shortening) and calmly coat it with flour. Put aside.

• In a big mixing bowl, beat butter and cream cheese for 1-2 minutes till fluffy.

  8 oz cream cheese (room temperature), 1½ cups salted butter (3 sticks, room temperature)

• Add 1 cup of the sugar and set a timer for 3 minutes. Combine on this sugar at a low pace, together with the opposite cups of sugar. Proceed mixing till the three minutes are up.

  3 cups granulated sugar

• Combine within the vanilla extract and lemon extract. Put aside.

  1 tablespoon vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon lemon extract

• In a small bowl, add eggs and milk. Put aside.

  ⅓ cup complete milk (room temperature), 6 eggs (room temperature)

• In a medium bowl, whisk collectively the flour, baking soda, and salt.

  3 cups all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon baking soda

• Steadily add dry substances to the butter combination, alternating with the egg combination. Combine nicely after every addition, scraping the edges of the bowl. The completed batter needs to be fluffy and whipped.

• Take away 2 cups of batter from the bowl and place it in a small bowl. 

• To the small bowl, add the strawberry puree, strawberry extract, and purple meals coloring (I used 25 drops of McCormick liquid meals coloring).

  1-2 tablespoons strawberry extract, 25 drops liquid purple meals coloring *See be aware

• Pour the strawberry combination into the principle batter and start to softly fold a couple of instances to create swirls. Don’t stir or the colours will mix. You may place the principle batter into two bowl to make this simpler if desired. (See the video for a visible demonstration)

• Spoon batter into the bundt pan and faucet the pan on the counter to launch air bubbles.

• Bake on the center rack for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes. When a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clear or with moist crumbs clinging to it, it’s carried out.

• Take away from oven and place on a cooling rack to chill for about 15-20 minutes.

• Take away from pan and permit to chill fully on the wire rack earlier than glazing.

Mak the Glaze

• To make the glaze , combine collectively cream cheese and powdereded sugar till crumbly. Steadily combine in sufficient milk to create a silky, pourable texture. Combine in vanilla extract, strawberry extract, and salt.

  4 oz cream cheese, room temperature, 3-4 tablespoons complete milk, 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon strawberry extact, ⅛ teaspoon salt

• Drizzle or pour glaze over cake and permit to set earlier than slicing. (this icing creates a mushy set with a skinny set layer on prime and a creamy underside)

Meals Coloring- Don’t skip the meals coloring. Despite the fact that the strawberry batter combination will look naturally pink, it should develop into an odd pinkish-tan coloration as soon as it’s baked should you skip the meals coloring. Including meals coloring helps it retain a gorgeous pink coloration.
The flavour of this cake is ever higher the subsequent day!