Vanilla Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
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An easy to make cake vanilla cream cheese bundt cake with the added richness of cream cheese in both the batter and the decadent vanilla glaze.
Originally published January 2013.
Vanilla lovers are a much quieter by nature kinda folks.
They don't need to constantly shout about their flavour passion like some chocolate lovers do. (Oops! Points finger at self.)
This recipe is for them especially if they like the added richness and flavour that cream cheese brings to a cake batter.
I make a couple of fruitcakes during the Christmas season that use cream cheese in the batter. It's always those that my holiday guests seem to favour most.
With that in mind, I reminded myself over the Christmas season to try a simple bundt cake. I used a variation of one of those delicious cake batters and it worked out exceptionally well.
If you are a cake batter bowl licker this one's for you too. The batter is so rich, creamy and absolutely luscious, you'll want to eat it by the spoonful.
This cake recipe can also be baked in two loaf pans if you don't have a bundt pan. It may be time to invest in one if you don't.
this recipe baked up absolutely perfectly in my pan.
Notes on ingredients.
In recipes like these, with just a few simple ingredients, the quality of those ingredients matters even more.
Two ingredients in particular are given big importance here. First the vanilla should be real.
I've recently started making my own vanilla extract from fresh vanilla beans I get from an excellent Canadian online supplier. That's an unpaid endorsement based upon the fantastic freshness, quality, and flavour of their product and very personal customer service.
And as always, Only real dairy butter is butter. The combination of real vanilla, real butter and sugar is where most baking magic starts. Don't ever compromise on either.
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Vanilla Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
Vanilla takes a back seat to no cake in this rich, moist and very flavorful cream cheese bundt cake, made totally indulgent with a generous amount of vanilla cream cheese glaze.
Ingredients
For the cake batter
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 8 oz cream cheese, one standard Philadelphia brand block
- 1 cup butter
- 3 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
For the Vanilla Cream Cheese Glaze
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 4 ounces cream cheese, ½ a standard Philadelphia brand block
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2-3 teaspoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Cream together well, the sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift together the all-purpose flour, cake flour and baking powder.
- Gently fold dry ingredients into the creamed mixture until the flour is fully incorporated.
- Bake in well greased and floured bundt pan or two parchment lined loaf pans at 325 degrees F for about 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool on wire rack. Frost with Vanilla Cream Cheese Glaze.
To make the Vanilla Cream Cheese Glaze
- Beat all ingredients together very well in an electric mixer until very smooth. Add more or less milk to get the glaze to the proper consistency which should be relatively thick but not quite pourable.
- Spoon and swirl the glaze on top of the cake and let it drip down naturally.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
16Serving Size
1 sliceAmount Per Serving Calories 390Total Fat 20gSaturated Fat 12gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 99mgSodium 223mgCarbohydrates 48gFiber 0gSugar 33gProtein 5g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
Looks amazing!!
This looks amazing! Can I still try it if I don't have an electric mixer?
If you've got the biceps for all that mixing. LOL! Get a cheap handheld mixer if you are a starter baker. Everyone starts somewhere.
Baked this recipe this past Sunday. Delicious and just about gone (only 2 people in the house).
So light. I told my 92 year old mom it was as good as my best pound cake (been baking over 40 years)but mom says no! not that good. I think this cake texture is great. BJ Wells
I made this bundt for my daughter's party and everybody loved it!.. It is so delicious...
Next time I will try to add a couple drops of lemon on the glaze, just to handle better the sweetness.
Thank you for sharing your recipe
So glad to hear you had such a success. The cream cheese really makes a very rich difference to the cake.
Made this last week....its yum!!!! Just made another batch and forgot the bp, cake is already in the oven...will it still be good?
Ouch. I guess you found out. Hope it wasn't too much of a hockey puck. 🙂
HI I was just wondering if this recipe could be used as cupcakes.
A little denser than most cupcake recipes but if that's not an issue for you, give it a whirl.
Would this batter work with coconut and pecans added to the batter? Or should I just leave well enough alone and bake it as written?
Thank you in advance for your response.
I can see it working. I'd toast the nuts first.
So I tried this last night and the cake is delicious?...moist but not overly sweet. However, my bundt cake doomed after it finished baking. Do you have this issue and how do you prevent from dooming? Do you trim off the bottom to make it flatter?
Doming is quite normal in denser cakes like bunt recipes. I just trim it flat on the bottom and have the craps with leftover glaze! Baker's perk!
P,S,
I forgot to mention that I love your web site. I have saved many recipes from it.
Grumpy Chef
What kind of cake flour do you use and where can I purchase it?
I have made this for over 30 years years ! My son always wanted it for his birthday. When younger however, his friends celebrating with him, were expecting a "Birthday cake". Where's the icing???? Never thought it needed icing. So rich and moist. He has his birthday in May so I'll add the icing. Wow! It will be awesome!!