Cream Cheese Pound Cake
countryliving.com · 2025 · 10 - 12 serving(s)
Against 462 pound cake recipes
No leavening, unlike 76% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
Ingredients (10)
- 3 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for pan≈ 375 g
- 1 1/2 c. (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 341 g
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature227 g
- 3 c. granulated sugar≈ 600 g
- 6 large eggs≈ 300 g
- 1 tbsp. pure vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- 1 tsp. kosher salt≈ 4 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature113 g
- 1/2 c. confectioners’ sugar≈ 60 g
- 4 to 5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice≈ 67 g
flour 375 gbatter 1859 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 462 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Butter91% · 48th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar160% · 79th percentile · median 120%
- Egg80% · 50th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy61% · 62nd percentile · median 46%
- Leavening0% · 12th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.1% · 67th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 80 to 90 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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