Cream Cheese Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. butter, softened
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
3 c. sugar
6 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 c. sifted white all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
confectioners sugar (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup Bundt pan.
Beat butter and cream cheese together in mixing bowl until well blended.
Add sugar to mixture and cream until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Blend in vanilla.
Sift flour and salt together; blend into creamed mixture.
Spoon batter into pan.
Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Cool in pan 5 minutes.
Dust with confectioners sugar, if desired.
Makes 12 to 15 servings.