Cream Cheese-Poppy Seed Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

250 g butter (no substitutes)
250 g cream cheese
6 eggs
3 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup poppy seed
2 teaspoons vanilla essence

Preparation

Bring butter, cheese and eggs to room temperature before you begin.
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan and preheat oven to 160C or 325\u00b0F.
Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until softened.
Gradually add sugar 2 TABLESPOONS AT A TIME beating on medium speed about 5 minutes until very light and fluffy.
Add poppy seeds and vanilla essence.
Add eggs,one at a time, beating on low to medium speed 1 minute after each addition and scraping bowl frequently.
Gradually add flour mixture beating on low speed until just combined.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for about 1 1/4 hours or until a wooden skewer comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes and then remove from pan and allow to cool completely before serving.