Spiced Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting recipe
This Spiced Pound Cake is rich, moist, and packed with warm fall spices. Made with cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves, every bite has that cozy flavor you want when the weather starts cooling down. A thick homemade cream cheese frosting finishes it off perfectly.
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 614kcal
Equipment
- Bundt Pan (A 12 cup bundt pan is needed for this recipe.)
Ingredients
- For the Pound Cake:
- 2 ½ c all-purpose flour- sifted
- 1 ½ c brown sugar
- ½ c granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs - room temperature
- 1 c sour cream - room temperature
- 1 c vegetable oil
- ½ c unsalted butter - room temperature
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 tsps vanilla
- For the Frosting:
- 8 oz cream cheese - room temperature
- 3 ½ c powdered sugar
- ½ c unsalted butter - room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- To make the Pound Cake:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder and spices whisking together until combined.
- In another large bowl, add butter, oil and sugars and blend together using a mixer or whisk.
- Add the eggs one at a time mixing until combined.
- Then mix in the sour cream and vanilla until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix together until blended.
- Spray a 12-cup bundt pan with baking spray.
- Pour the batter into the bundt pan and bake for 40 minutes to an hour minutes. The cake is done when the toothpick comes out clean/with moist crumbs
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes before removing it from the pan.
- Once the cake is cooled completely apply the icing.
- To make the icing:
- Add the cream cheese and butter into a bowl and mix until combined using a stand or hand mixer. Add the vanilla and salt while mixing.
- Add the powdered sugar ½ c to 1 c at a time mixing until combined.
- Add the frosting to the cake as desired.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Notes
- Don’t overmix the batter – It can make the pound cake tough.
- Use an oven thermometer – Pound cakes need even baking, so make sure your oven runs true to temp.
- Test for doneness – A toothpick or cake tester should come out clean with just a few crumbs.
- Glaze consistency – If your cream cheese frosting is too thick, add milk one tablespoon at a time until your desired consistency is reached.
Nutrition
Calories: 614kcal | Carbohydrates: 95g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 116mg | Sodium: 564mg | Potassium: 174mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 692IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 190mg | Iron: 2mg