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Amazing Cream Cheese Pound Cake – Now My Favorite Cake Recipe Ever!

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Our son has finicky tastes. His birthday was coming up and he had no interest in regular birthday cake or even an ice cream cake. When I asked him what he wanted, he said “pound cake.” Well, I had never made one but I sure was willing to give it a try.
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It was the perfect time of year for pound cake because all kinds of berries were in season. This cake tastes oh so good served with fresh berries and whipped cream. So, I bought some fresh, juicy ruby-red strawberries and all the makings for this pound cake. It was a hit! The secret to this amazing pound cake is the cream cheese. It adds a richness that takes it from average to perfection!
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups salted butter – room temperature
8 oz. cream cheese – room temperature
3 cups sugar
1 T. vanilla extract
6 large eggs
3 cups flour
1/8 tsp salt

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Directions

Preheat the oven to 300°
Grease and flour a 10″ bundt pan.

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Combine the butter and cream cheese, beating on medium until well blended.

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Add the sugar gradually, beating well.
Add each egg*, one at a time, and beat into the butter mixture.
Mix in vanilla.

*Tip: crack each egg into a bowl, first, just in case you break the shell. It is easier to fish a piece of shell out that way rather than having it already in the batter.
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Combine salt and flour.
Add them gradually to the mixing bowl and blend well.

 

Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
Smooth the top using a rubber spatula or the back of a spoon.
Bake on 300° for 1 hour 40 minutes.

 

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Use a toothpick to test for doneness.
When it comes out clean, the cake is done.
Cool for 10-15 minutes then remove from pan.

 

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And there you have it.
Delicious Cream Cheese Pound Cake!

 

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Enjoy!


Quick And Easy Strawberry Bread Recipe

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This quick and easy strawberry bread can be made with any kind of strawberries – fresh or frozen. Make it for home or take it as your dish-to-pass at your next event. Everyone will love it!

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Easy recipe for strawberry sweet bread


Strawberry Bread Recipe

Ingredients

1 egg

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup strawberries (mashed)

1 2/3 cups flour

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Directions

Blend together egg, sugar and butter.

Add baking soda to mashed strawberries.

Add flour and strawberries alternately to mixture.

Add vanilla.

Grease loaf pan, pour in batter and bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes.

Bread is done when toothpick inserted comes out clean.

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Enjoy!

 

 

 

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How To Get Fresh Strawberries To Stay Fresh

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Strawberries! I have to admit that this title is a little bit misleading but, tell me, have you I struggled with the same frustrations as me? You buy some delicious, ripe red strawberries in quantity, expecting to have use of them for several days. Then, much too soon, you discover that half of those beauties are all fuzzy. Yes, they are spoiled! So, what can you do to get more life out of them?
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First lesson:  DO NOT WASH THEM – not until you are going to use them. The water shortens their shelflife bigtime. Simply keep them in a cool place on the counter and do nothing until you are ready to make your move – just don’t wait too long.

Lesson #2: I have finally come to the conclusion that the most cost-effective method that tastes really good is to freeze them. Use all of the fresh ones that you can immediately but plan on freezing the rest within 24-48 hours after you bring them in the door. The only good reason to wait is if they are not all yet ripe. In that case, freeze the ripe ones and give the rest another 12-24 hours on the counter. Then freeze them, too.


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How To Freeze Fresh Strawberries

1. Cut the tops off the strawberries, first.
2. Rinse them under cool clean water.
3. Lay them out on a clean towel to dry or pat them dry with a paper towel.
4. Place the strawberries in a single layer on a freezer-safe plate or cookie tray that fits in your freezer.
5. Freeze them for 2-3 hours or over night.
6. Remove the frozen strawberries from the tray and place in a freezer bag.
7. Put the bag of strawberries back into the freezer. It is that easy!

Now you have delicious strawberries whenever you want them. Thaw them to top with whipped cream as a quick dessert. Make them into any of a number of strawberry dessert recipes. Even pop a couple of frozen berries into some ice water for a cool, refreshing drink! Use your imagination 🙂 Got any ideas?


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