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What Ingredients You Will Need

If you get anxious about holiday baking, this Easy Pound Cake Recipe is a great place to start. You only need a few key ingredients to make something that tastes impressive.

• Butter – Softened. Always go with unsalted butter when you have the choice.
• Cream cheese – Softened. Full fat. To enhance the flavor and texture.
• Sugar – To dust the pan and sweeten the pound cake.
• Flour – The base of the batter.
• Eggs – To bind and lift the batter.
• Vanilla extract – For deep nostalgic flavor.
• Salt – To enhance the overall flavor.

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch tube pan.
2. Cream together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light. Stir in the vanilla and the almond extracts. Add the flour and the eggs alternately, beginning and ending with the flour. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
3. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
4. Let the cream cheese pound cake rest in the pan for 15 minutes. Then carefully flip the cake onto a platter or baking rack. 
5. Cut, serve, and enjoy!