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Cream cheese King Cake Pound Cake

15 to 20 servings

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YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.

What you’ll need
All Purpose or Cake Flour
Sugar
Brown Sugar
Baking powder
Salt
Cinnamon
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
5 Large eggs (Room temp)
Sour Cream (Room temp)
Cream cheese (Room temp)
Whole milk (Room temp)
Canola or vegetable oil
Vanilla extract
Butter extract
Almond extract
Confectioners sugar
Purple, Green and Gold sugar sprinkles

Tools you’ll need
Baker’s Joy non-stick baking spray
Nordic Ware Anniversary Bundt pan
Hand or stand mixer

Dry ingredients
Step 1- Sift 3 cups All purpose or cake flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.


Wet ingredients
Step 2- Add 2/3 cup whole milk (Room temp), 1/2 cup sour cream (Room temp), 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons butter extract, and 1/8 teaspoon almond extract into a medium sized bowl. Stir with whisk until combined and set aside.


Cinnamon sugar mixture
Step 3- Add 1/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup brown sugar and 2 tablespoons cinnamon. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.


Cake batter
Step 4- Add 3 sticks unsalted butter (Room temp) 1 tablespoon canola oil and 2 3/4 cups sugar into stand mixer bowl. Mix on high speed for 6 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.


Step 5- Add 5 large eggs (Room temp) one at a time while mixing on a medium low speed. Careful not to overmix.


Step 6- Add 4 ounces Cream cheese (Room temp), 1 cup All purpose or cake flour mixture and 1/2 cup milk/sour cream mixture. Mix on a medium low speed until combined.


Step 7- Add 4 ounces Cream cheese (Room temp), 1 cup All purpose or cake flour mixture and 1/2 cup milk/sour cream mixture. Mix on a medium low speed until combined.


Step 8- Add 1 cup All purpose or cake flour mixture and 1/4 cup milk/sour cream mixture. Mix on a medium low speed until combined.


Baking the cake
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Step 9- Spray bundt pan with Baker’s Joy non-stick baking spray. Add 80% Cake batter into baking pan. Smooth out batter with spatula and generously sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture on top to cake batter. Add 20% of the cake batter on top of cinnamon sugar mixture. Swirl cinnamon sugar mixture into the cake batter. Shake pan slightly and tap pan slightly on top of table.


Step 10- Place into a preheated 325 degree oven and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.


Step 11- Remove cake from oven. Tooth pick inserted into the cake should come out clean. Let cool for 6 hours before removing from pan.


Making the icing
Step 12- Add 1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar, 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, 2 to 3 tablespoons warm whole milk, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon butter extract and 1/8 teaspoon almond extract. Stir with whisk until creamy and smooth.


Step 13- Pour icing on top of cake and sprinkle the purple, green and gold sugar sprinkles on top of cake. Let set for 15 minutes before serving.
YouTube instructional video

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