Cream Cheese Pound Cake
onceuponachef.com · 2026 · 8 to 10 slices (Makes one 9 x 5-inch loaf)
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More egg than 97% of recipes and more dairy than 89%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More egg than 97% of recipes: 120% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- More dairy than 89% of recipes: 85% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
- More salt than 91% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
- More butter than 82% of recipes: 102% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
Ingredients (8)
- 1⅓ cups all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off≈ 167 g
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder≈ 3.5 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 10 tablespoons (1 stick + 2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened≈ 170 g
- 5 oz brick-style cream cheese, preferably Philadelphia brand, softened142 g
- 1⅓ cups granulated sugar≈ 267 g
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 6 g
- 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
flour 167 gbatter 958 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.
- Butter102% · 82nd percentile · median 91%
- Sugar160% · 79th percentile · median 120%
- Egg120% · 98th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy85% · 90th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening2.1% · 61st percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.8% · 93rd percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 65 to 75 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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