Cream Cheese Poppy Seed Pound Cake Recipes

CREAM CHEESE POPPY SEED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Bring butter, cream cheese and eggs to room temperature. Meanwhile, grease and lightly flour a 10 inch tube pan; set aside. Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese with mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds or until softened. Gradually add sugar, 2 T. at a time, beating on medium speed about 5 minutes or until very light and fluffy. Add poppy seed and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low to medium speed for 1 minute after each addition and scraping bowl frequently. Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed just until mixed. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in a 325 oven about 1 1/4 hours or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Drizzle with Lemon Icing. Serves 16 to 20 Lemon Icing: In small bowl, stir together 1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar, 1/2 t. finely shredded lemon peel and enough lemon juice (1 to 2 T) to make an icing of drizzling consistency. Best Loved Desserts

POPPY SEED CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and add eggs, vanilla, oil and milk. Mix well and fold in the poppy seeds. Pour into a 10 inch tube pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy.
• Add eggs two at a time, beating well with each addition. Add the flour all at once and mix in. Add vanilla.
• Pour into a 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Check for doneness at 1 hour. A toothpick inserted into center of cake will come out clean.

SOUR CREAM POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare desired pan (s)-two 8" layer pans or a 13 x 9 x 2" sheet pan or an 8" ring pan by buttering well and dusting lightly with flour.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in egg yolks thoroughly.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
• Alternately add dry ingredients and sour cream to the butter mixture, mixing well after each addition.
• Keep mixing until very smooth.
• Stir in poppy seeds until evenly distributed.
• By hand, using a spatula, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, carefully incorporating them into the batter.
• Pour into prepared pan (s).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes for layers, 35-40 minutes for sheet, 50-55 minutes for ring.
• Watch carefully.
• Cake should pull from sides of pan, and a toothpick should come out clean from the center.
• Cool for 5 minutes in pan, then turn and release onto rack, cooling completely before finishing.
• For Icing: Soften butter and cream cheese at room temperature for a few hours.
• Beat cream cheese and butter together with an electric mixer until they are completely incorporated and the mixture is very light and creamy.
• Mix in sifted powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Chill icing in a bowl covered with plastic wrap for about 1 hour before spreading.

ALMOND POPPY SEED CAKE WITH FLUFFY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F (oven set to second-lowest position).
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl using an electric mixer at medium speed cream the sugar with shortening for about 2 minutes.
• Add in eggs, almond and vanilla extract; beat until very well combined on high speed.
• In a small bowl sift together flour with baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture along with the buttermilk; mix until just combined.
• Mix in the poppy seeds.
• Bake for about 30-35 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Cool completely.
• For the frosting; in a medium bowl cream the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and whipping cream until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes).
• Add in confectioners sugar and beat until fluffy (adding in more confectioners sugar or whipping cream if needed until desired consistency is achieved).
• Mix in the Cool Whip until completely blended.
• Spread over the cake then sprinkle the top with sliced almonds if desired.