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All You Need Is Cream Cheese To Level Up Classic Pound Cake
By Camryn Teder
If your go-to pound cake recipe is starting to feel boring and bland, spruce it up by reaching for a tub of cream cheese. It's the perfect subtle enhancer for your pound cake.
Cream cheese lends a creamy texture and sour bite, and its thick consistency makes for a softer and more moist interior while also leaving the outside firm and delicious.
You'll want to keep your cream cheese package out on your counter until it's softened, and once it has, you can add it in with your go-to pound cake ingredients.
Feel free to taste and adjust the amount of cream cheese in the batter according to your liking. The end result is a silky smooth batter and a luxuriously rich pound cake.
The tanginess of the cream cheese also brings a sense of balance to the subtle sweetness of the pound cake, much like adding salt to a batch of brownies.