Guest Post: Cream Cheese & Jelly Pound Cake by Keep It Sweet

by Erin

I’m pleased to present Lauren from Keep It Sweet for today’s guest post! She makes so many fabulous desserts, like these Blueberry Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Bars, and I am very happy to have one of her desserts featured on The Spiffy Cookie today. Enjoy!

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Hi! I’m Lauren from Keep It Sweet.  First, thank you to Erin for giving me a chance to guest blog!  I love reading The Spiffy Cookie for delicious recipes like these Blueberry Blondie Cheesecake bars and her goat cheese stuffed chicken burgers!

For my guest post, I wanted to share a recipe that is sweet, delicious and easy, my favorite kind!  And, in honor of celebrating my first anniversary on Monday, I wanted to make something reminiscent of one of my husband’s favorite snacks, cream cheese and jelly sandwiches!

While I am partial to peanut butter and jelly (ok, really peanut butter and anything), my non-peanut butter eating husband is a lover of everything cream cheese.  Bagels with cream cheese and lox, red velvet cake with cream cheese icing, and of course a soft potato roll with cream cheese and jelly.  I’ll be honest, the first time I tried the combination it grossed me out.  But then, I made a cheesecake with strawberry jam swirled throughout and I was converted.

This Cream Cheese & Jelly Pound Cake is a little lighter than your typical pound cake with the use of light cream cheese in place of butter, but still moist and dense enough to satisfy any pound cake lover.  Eat a slice fresh out of the oven with a dollop of whipped cream or toast a piece of day-old pound cake and top it with a mixed berry sauce.

CREAM CHEESE & JELLY POUND CAKE

Serves 8

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

10 oz. of low fat cream cheese, softened at room temperature

1/2 cup (1 stick) of unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup fat free plain Greek yogurt

1 cup granulated sugar

4 large eggs brought to room temperature

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup jelly (I used mixed berry)

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Whisk dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt), and set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter on high speed for several minutes until mixture is light and creamy.
  4. On high speed, beat the Greek yogurt into butter and cream cheese mixture for about a minute.
  5. Add sugar and beat on high speed until batter is smooth and creamy.
  6. Add the eggs, one at a time, putting the mixer on high for about a minute or two between each.
  7. Add in the vanilla on high speed for a minute; scrape the sides of the bowl and turn mixer on high again until well combined.
  8. Reduce speed to low and gradually add in dry ingredients but do not overbeat.
  9. Before batter is fully combined, remove bowl from mixer and lightly fold batter to get all of the dry ingredients mixed in.
  10. Pour half of the batter into a 9×5 loaf pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
  11. Top with jelly and spread evenly over the batter.
  12. Top jelly with remaining batter.
  13. Bake for 45-55 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.

Note: This pound cake freezes well whole or in slices.

Source: Adapted from this lemon pound cake.

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12 comments

Qi Ting @ A Dessert Diet April 13, 2012 - 3:04 am

Hi! I’m excited to try this recipe! Do you think it will work for a layer cake? Thanks!

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spiffycookie April 13, 2012 - 8:27 am

Possibly, but it will be much more dense than a regular cake.

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Veronica June 15, 2011 - 2:35 pm

Bravo, Lauren! Gorgeous photos and a winning combination!

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Amy @ Elephant Eats June 15, 2011 - 12:07 pm

This is so pretty when you cut into it! And i happen to love the cream cheese/jelly combo. Gonna have to try it :)

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Jessica @ Stylish Stealthy & Healthy June 14, 2011 - 9:20 pm

Lauren this looks amazing! I have to give this a try. Cheesecake is my favorite dessert afterall.

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rebecca June 14, 2011 - 7:42 pm

happy aniversary fun cake

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Bianca @ Confessions of a Chocoholic June 14, 2011 - 7:33 pm

This sounds delicious! I love pound cake but never actually made it myself. I think now it’s about time I try it out!

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Lauren at Keep It Sweet June 15, 2011 - 6:59 pm

It’s so easy!

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Maris (In Good Taste) June 14, 2011 - 5:23 pm

Very interesting! I am sure your husband loved it!

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Lauren at Keep It Sweet June 15, 2011 - 6:58 pm

He did!

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Evan @swEEts June 14, 2011 - 3:27 pm

I don’t know where to begin! I love the look of this pound cake and I’m sure the jelly just makes it even better :) Lovely guest post!

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briarrose June 14, 2011 - 12:26 pm

What a lovely pound cake….rich texture and beautiful color.

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