Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake

1.All purpose flour-3 cups

Baking powder-1 tsp

Baking soda-1/4 tsp

Salt-1/2 tsp

Sieve together thrice and set aside.

2.Unsalted Butter-340 gm

Cream cheese-220 gm

Granulated Sugar -2 1/2 cup (powder sugar and use)

Cream together room temperature butter and cream cheese with a beater .

Add the sugar and beat in till light and fluffy.

3.Eggs-6

Lemon zest-1 tsp

Lime juice-3-4 tbsps

Add the eggs one by one and beat in.Add the zest and juice and beat in.

Fold in the set aside flour mixture in 3 additions with a spatula.Do not over mix.

Pour the batter into two prepared 8" round pans.Smooth the top & tap the pan on counter top.Bake in preheated oven at 160 C for 35-45 minutes each or until a skewer inserted at the center comes out clean.

I baked this in a microwave with convection mode and it took exactly 41 minutes for each cake. The time varies with pans and from oven to oven.