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 & set aside.
2.Unsalted butter-1 1/2 cup (340 gms)
Cream cheese-220 gm(I used Philadelphia cream cheese spread full fat)
Granulated Sugar-2 1/2 cup
(If you r using a hand beater,it's better to powder the sugar and use.)
Cream together room temperature butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar in 3 batches & beat till white and fluffy.
3.eggs-6 large
lemon zest-of one lime
Vanilla essence-2 tsp
Add the eggs one by one & beat in. Add the lemon zest and vanilla and beat in.
Now gently fold in the flour mixture in 3 batches with a spatula .Do not over mix.
Pour the batter into 2 prepared loaf pans.Smooth the top.Tap the pan on countertop .Bake in a preheated oven at 160 C for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
I halved the recipe & made a loaf & it took exactly 35 minutes for mine .
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