Here’s a rich, buttery Homemade Strawberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake—moist, dense, and bursting with strawberry flavor 🍓🍰
Perfect for gatherings, holidays, or a weekend treat.
Homemade Strawberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Serves: 12–16
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 (8 oz) block cream cheese, softened
- 1½ cups unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 6 large eggs, room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour (for coating strawberries)
Strawberry Glaze (Optional)
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 2–3 tbsp strawberry puree or milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
1. Prep
- Preheat oven to 325°F (165°C).
- Grease and flour a bundt or tube pan.
2. Cream Base
- Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth and fluffy (3–4 minutes).
- Gradually add sugar and beat until light and creamy.
3. Add Eggs
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Dry Ingredients
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together.
5. Combine
- Gradually add dry ingredients to batter.
- Mix in vanilla.
6. Fold in Strawberries
- Toss chopped strawberries with 2 tbsp flour.
- Gently fold into batter.
7. Bake
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 75–90 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Tent loosely with foil if top browns too quickly.
8. Cool
- Cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.
9. Glaze (Optional)
- Mix glaze ingredients until smooth.
- Drizzle over cooled cake.
Variations
- Strawberry swirl: Add strawberry preserves and swirl
- Lemon strawberry: Add lemon zest to batter
- Frozen strawberries: Thaw, drain very well, and pat dry
- Loaf pans: Bake 60–70 minutes
Pro Tips
- Room temperature ingredients are key
- Coat strawberries so they don’t sink
- Low-and-slow baking keeps pound cake moist
If you want, I can also give you:
- Strawberry crunch pound cake
- Strawberry cream cheese loaf version
- Strawberry glaze from real berries
- Mini bundt cakes
Just tell me 😊
