This Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Almond Glaze is made with just 6 ingredients. It’s a dense and delicious pound cake begging for a sprinkling of fresh berries and a dollop of whipped cream!
The Best Cream Cheese Pound Cake
My youngest sister Jessica had raved about a cream cheese pound cake she’d been making the last few years. And she kept asking me if I had made it yet – and I’d reply again, meekly, that I still had not.
So last July, when our family was staying with Jessica’s family for the weekend, she took this matter into her own hands and made her famous cream cheese pound cake. Yes, she forced that cake on me and my unsuspecting family. The nerve!
But now I know why my sister wanted me to try the pound cake so badly. It’s delicious, in a very simple way. There are only 6 ingredients (with 2 being butter and cream cheese, yum!) to the pound cake, and it bakes up moist and dense and perfectly lovely. While she doesn’t usually add any kind of glaze to hers, I opted for a thin sugary crust with a hint of almond flavoring on mine.
A slice of this Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Almond Glaze begs for a few fresh berries and, if you’re feeling a little more indulgent, a big pillowy spoonful of barely sweetened whipped cream would be the ultimate pleasure.
WATER FIGHT!!
This photo just makes me smile. It was taken that same weekend that I first enjoyed Jessica’s pound cake. It was muggy and hot. Extremely hot. And everyone…well most everyone…found themselves in the back yard with buckets and bottles and blasters filled with water. It was the perfect sultry summer solution!
And, wow, am I ready for spring and summer, and the green I see in this photo from last July! We’re still buried in snow here in Minnesota. Yesterday I was looking at pictures from last year’s late March, when all our daffodils were blooming and we were running around in short sleeves and flip flops. Please tell me we’ll be there soon!!
This cream cheese pound cake was definitely worth the wait. But, really, what’s the point in waiting? I recommend trying this soon. Very, very soon!
Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Almond Glaze
Ingredients
- for the cream cheese pound cake:
- 1.5 c. 3 sticks unsalted butter, softened, plus 1 T. for buttering the pan
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 3 c. sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 3 c. all-purpose flour plus more for flouring the pan
- 2 T. pure vanilla extract
- for the almond glaze:
- 1.25 c. powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 1 to 3 T. milk depending on how thick you want the glaze
Instructions
- Coat the entire interior of a Bundt pan with the tablespoon of butter, taking care to get every little nook and cranny. Add a bit of flour and tilt the pan around to cover all of the buttered surface. Gently tap out the excess. Set pan aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese together. Add sugar
and beat well on high speed until light and fluffy. Turn mixer to low speed and add 2 eggs, then 1 cup flour, alternating adding eggs and flour until all eggs and flour are added, mixing well between each addition. Add vanilla and mix well. Pour into prepared Bundt pan and spread evenly. - Place pan in cold oven. Heat oven to 340° F and bake for 80 to 85 minutes, or until toothpick comes out mostly clean. Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes in pan. Top Bundt pan with platter or cake stand and carefully turn cake out of pan. Let cool.
for the almond glaze:
- Whisk together all glaze ingredients. To get the very thin glaze as shown in my pictures, I used 2 tablespoons of milk to thin the glaze, and then drizzled the glaze over the cake when the cake still had just the slightest bit of warmth left to it. If you want a thicker glaze, start with just 1 tablespoon of milk to thin it, adding just a bit more if needed. Then wait until cake is completely cooled to drizzle the glaze over it.
Notes
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Just stumbled across your site. The recipes look great and I really like the layout and the photos. Everything looks very fresh and bright. Very inspiring. And I’m gonna have to try some of this cream cheese pound cake.. Mmmm.
That sounds and looks delicious, I haven’t heard of pound cake before, so really looking forward to trying it. Not supposed to be eating cake as I try and get in shape for summer but it’s too hard to give up!
This sounds awesome! Love the simple ingredients. And ha, my sister does the same with encouraging me to try her favorite recipes. Gotta love good family recommendations!
Adorable photo too!
Thanks, Ali! :)
Can’t beat a good pound cake!
I love everything about this!! And that water fight picture is awesome!
It’s such a great memory – our girls still bring it up every once in awhile, trying to make sure we do it again this summer!
Wow, with three sticks of butter, this cake must taste super rich. And it looks so dense (my favorite kind of pound cake) and delicious!
What a great looking cake! I could totally dive into this for Easter breakfast, or toss on some fruit and whipped cream for dessert. Delish recipe!
This looks like such a wonderful cake! I love pound cake.
This looks really good! I will be trying it soon! Good thing Jessica was so persistent. We had five robins in our yard today, so spring is around the corner!
Yes, good thing Jessica knows how to keep talking. ;) I was wishing we were with all of you for the Easter gathering yesterday – hope you had a great weekend with your family! Happy Easter and Happy Spring! xo
This is my kind of dessert. I adore pound cakes, and with almond, too good!
So simple and so beautiful! Love it.
Beautiful pound cake, I love that almond glaze!
It has been a while since I have made a scratch pound cake. This recipe looks easier, which I like. And if the recipe is from Penzey’s I trust that it is good!!
It’s lovely, Mom. You won’t be disappointed! xo
There’s just nothing quite like a slice of good pound cake! Great photo!! :)
Yum! This recipe reminds me of a lemon pound cake my mom used to make when I was little. What exciting and delicious recipes summer brings!
Love the water fight pic! And this recipe – yum!
I love those photos of your family having fun in the summer. I agree – I’m ready for warmer weather too! And what goes better with hot, summer days than that beautiful cake!
Love the cake and I am ready for summer now!
So i have never had pound cake! I know, I know! I think it is about time to change that!
Yes!! ;)
What a yummy looking cake! And what a FUN summer picture!!! :)