Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy 4th of July!

How about celebrating with this Red, White and Blue Cream Cheese Poundcake, except I used blackberries instead of blueberries. The cream cheese makes this cake dense and moist, with the tang of the cream cheese, mixed with the sweetness of the berries and you can't resist another piece! This is another link that Beth sent my way and you can find the original recipe here.

Happy 4th of July!! Have a safe and fun day celebrating our freedom!
Red, White, and Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake

2 sticks unsalted butter, softened, but not quite room temperature
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened slightly
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
6 ounces raspberries
6 ounces fresh blueberries---I used blackberries
lemon glaze (recipe follows)

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray, and place on a cookie sheet.

2. In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and cream cheese. Pour in sugar and mix until smooth. Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing well until each is incorporated.

3. While ingredients are mixing, whisk together four, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to the wet ingredients.

4. Fold berries into batter.

5. Distribute batter evenly into pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45-50 minutes. Let cool completely. Drizzle with lemon glaze.

Lemon Glaze
2 cups powdered sugar
juice of 1 lemon
2-3 tablespoons heavy cream

Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Add more juice or cream as necessary to achieve desired consistency.

10 comments:

José Manuel said...

Felcidades.

Estupendo bizcocho. Saludos

Bethie said...

OMGosh, that turned out fantastic! I just have to make it now. Send me a hunk.

Heather Baird said...

Y.U.M! AND I would totally eat that pool of glaze with a spoon. :) Happy 4th!!

Barbara Bakes said...

This is definitely my kind of cake! Hope you had a great holiday.

Ingrid_3Bs said...

You too April! You obviously had a yummy one. :)
~ingrid

Donna-FFW said...

That sounds delicious. Great flavor combination especially with the lemon glaze.

avisiontoremember said...

I am doing a 30 day food challenge on my blog for the month of august. I am looking for people to contribute recipes over that time. If you are interested please either leave a comment here or email me at boblyns at yahoo dot com



You can find out more information here on my blog at http://iamonly1woman.blogspot.com

Thanks
Bobbie
www.avisiontoremember.etsy.com
www.iamonly1woman.blogspot.com

Judy said...

Yum, this looks so good. Thanks for the recipe.

Megan said...

This looks so good!!! I'll have to remember this one for sure! Hope you have been having a GREAT summer!

The Blonde Duck said...

That sounds amazing!

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy 4th of July!

How about celebrating with this Red, White and Blue Cream Cheese Poundcake, except I used blackberries instead of blueberries. The cream cheese makes this cake dense and moist, with the tang of the cream cheese, mixed with the sweetness of the berries and you can't resist another piece! This is another link that Beth sent my way and you can find the original recipe here.

Happy 4th of July!! Have a safe and fun day celebrating our freedom!
Red, White, and Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake

2 sticks unsalted butter, softened, but not quite room temperature
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened slightly
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
6 ounces raspberries
6 ounces fresh blueberries---I used blackberries
lemon glaze (recipe follows)

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray, and place on a cookie sheet.

2. In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and cream cheese. Pour in sugar and mix until smooth. Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing well until each is incorporated.

3. While ingredients are mixing, whisk together four, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to the wet ingredients.

4. Fold berries into batter.

5. Distribute batter evenly into pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45-50 minutes. Let cool completely. Drizzle with lemon glaze.

Lemon Glaze
2 cups powdered sugar
juice of 1 lemon
2-3 tablespoons heavy cream

Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Add more juice or cream as necessary to achieve desired consistency.

10 comments:

José Manuel said...

Felcidades.

Estupendo bizcocho. Saludos

Bethie said...

OMGosh, that turned out fantastic! I just have to make it now. Send me a hunk.

Heather Baird said...

Y.U.M! AND I would totally eat that pool of glaze with a spoon. :) Happy 4th!!

Barbara Bakes said...

This is definitely my kind of cake! Hope you had a great holiday.

Ingrid_3Bs said...

You too April! You obviously had a yummy one. :)
~ingrid

Donna-FFW said...

That sounds delicious. Great flavor combination especially with the lemon glaze.

avisiontoremember said...

I am doing a 30 day food challenge on my blog for the month of august. I am looking for people to contribute recipes over that time. If you are interested please either leave a comment here or email me at boblyns at yahoo dot com



You can find out more information here on my blog at http://iamonly1woman.blogspot.com

Thanks
Bobbie
www.avisiontoremember.etsy.com
www.iamonly1woman.blogspot.com

Judy said...

Yum, this looks so good. Thanks for the recipe.

Megan said...

This looks so good!!! I'll have to remember this one for sure! Hope you have been having a GREAT summer!

The Blonde Duck said...

That sounds amazing!