Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2013

This was good, dense and easy to make. I did heed other reviewers comments and reduced the sugar to about 2.25 cups. I also added thinly sliced strawberries to the middle of the cake, strawberries to the top and then a glaze made with evaporated milk and confectioners sugar. I served it at an office birthday party and it was a hit.

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LISAAL

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2013

Ok as is it is a true pound cake recipe so it is correct in measurements but i tweaked it to my own liking.....i decreased the sugar to 1 1/4 cups and only 1 cup of butter. With these tweaks it was more to my liking; however; if u want a ture dense pound cake this is it. Enjoy.

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tonton

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2013

My go to recipe is a sour cream pound cake I've made for years. It always comes out wonderfully dense & moist. However I always wanted to see if a cream cheese pound cake would be any better. Well, I won't say it's better but it's most definitely just as good. Very, dense velvety consistancy w/ that crunchy outside that I love. I did add 1/4tsp. baking powder & 1/4cup of milk and it was delicious. It took a bit longer to bake than my sour cream recipe but that may be due to the milk I added. F.Y.I If you don't have cake flour use 3/4 cup all purpose flour + 2tbls a.p. flour + 2tbls.cornstarch for each cup of flour the recipe calls for. Your results will be just as good with this substitute.

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Kevin B.

Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2013

Really liked this but I did decrease the sugar to around 2 1/3 cups. Would also be great with some citrus zest or more almond.

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JENNCC

Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2012

I followed the recipe as written. It's very tasty but I wish there was more about the baking process. This was the first time to bake a pound cake and using a bunt pan. I did spray down my pan but I filled it out too much. I wasn't sure how much it would rise. The increase was about 15 -20% which over flowed the bunt pan and landed in the bottom of my oven. No biggie, except for the smoke it created . :) The baking time was longer than the 1 hour and 15 minutes. For me it was closer to 1 1/2 hour. Then, I couldn't get the silly cake out of the bunt pan. :( I gave up and just cut slices of pound cake out of the pan. It tasted delicious. I will make this again. However, I will follow the lead of the other reviewers who split the receipt into two pans. I would have given the recipe 5/5 stars but the baking directions need to explained more for us newbies. :)

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makehurst

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2012

Turned a messed up cookie recipe into this pound cake - delicious! I had 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 cups butter, 4 eggs, 1/2 tsp almond extract, 1 tsp coconut extract and 4 cups powdered sugar(this sugar should have been used for a glaze) all mixed together. Put the ingredients into more searches and found this recipe. Added the cream cheese, 2 1/2 tsp vanilla, 2 more eggs, and the cake flour. I baked it in a stoneware fluted pan for 1 hr 45 min, think I should have baked it for about 15 min more. If anyone has baked this in a stone pan please let me know how long you baked it for. Turned out wonderfully!!! Loved it! Never throw out a mistake - you never know what you can turn it into.

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phunyme

Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2012

I love this recipe!!!! I only made one substitution and that was swapping the almond extract for 1 1/2 teaspoons of lemon extract. Delicious!!! Thanks for sharing...

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Nvarlack

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2012

I thought the recipe was good. I have made it before and this time was better. My butter, eggs, and cream cheese sat on the kitchen counter all day. I took a great point from another person who said make sure you mix everything well then incorporate the flour instead of mixing it well. I did add lemon flavor and squeezed juice from an orange on top of the hot cake. Very good!

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KEATTA

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2012

EXCELLENT!!!

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melen

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico

Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2012

A good, and not too complicated, pound cake. Cooking time is perfect - don't overdo it! The first time, I let the butter and cream cheese soften to room temperature. I think this made it lose some "fluff." The texture and consistency was much better the second time, when I used cold ingredients and had the flour and eggs pre-measured out into separate bowls so I could combine the ingredients more quickly. It made a difference! My changes: reduced sugar to 2c., used only vanilla (didn't have almond), and used the 1/3 less fat cream cheese.

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