Southern Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Homemade southern cream cheese pound cake made completely from scratch. Just like grandma used to make!
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- 3 1/4 cups cake flour
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 7 medium sized eggs at room temperature
- 1 cup butter at room temperature
- 8 oz cream cheese at room temperature
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 F.
- Add the eggs into a mixing bowl and beat until everything is one color.
- Add in the softened butter, cream cheese, and sugar. Mix until everything is nice and creamy.
- Add in the ground nutmeg,vanilla extract, and lemon juice.
- Mix on a low speed and start sprinkling in the flour, but only 1/2 cup at a time.
- Once all the flour is in the bowl and everything is well incorporated, stop mixing.
- Grease and flour a tube pan then add in the cake batter.
- Smooth the batter out using a spatula.
- Bake the cake on 325 F for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until done.
- Let the cake remain in the pan and let it cool completely.
- Remove from the cake pan and place the cake on a cake stand or plate.
- Serve and enjoy!