Cream Cheese Pound Cake With Strawberries And Cream

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) container fresh strawberries, sliced
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 3 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• strawberry syrup (see recipe i posted strawberry sauce)
• 1 whole fresh strawberries, garnish

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle sliced strawberries with 2 tablespoons sugar; cover and chill until ready to serve.
• 2 beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 2 1/2 cups sugar, beating well.
• 3 add eggs, l at a time, beating until combined.
• 4 stir in flour by hand just until moistened.
• 5 stir in salt and vanilla.
• 6 pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• 7 bake at 300° for 1 hour and 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 8 cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.
• 9 cut into slices.
• 10 beat whipping cream and 3 tablespoons sugar at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
• 11 serve with cake; top with strawberry mixture, and drizzle with strawberry syrup.
• 12 garnish, if desired.
• 13 note: great results for this recipe were gotten from using a hand mixer and then stirring the flour in by hand.
• 14 high-powered stand mixers can over beat some pound cakes, giving them a tough texture.