Every baker needs an infallible classic pound cake recipe to go back to. The sort of recipe you want to pass down generations, one that your grandkids may proudly say “this was my grandma’s recipe. And boy, did she get it right!”
I’m sharing today with you my go-to pound cake recipe. A classic tender cake gussied up with tangy berry sauce. Rich, bursting with a buttery flavor showcasing the inner swirl of orange and strawberry making it unique and memorable.
Every once in a while I like to give this a glaze or switch the sauce or simplify the recipe and bake it with just a lemon zest. Every variation stands up on its own and makes this delicate, rich and buttery cake beautifully.
You can dress up this cake with a dollop of sour cream and fresh berries or just enjoy a warm slice right out of the oven.
An easy to follow, eat-anytime-of-the-day dessert – Orange Strawberry Swirled Cream Cheese Bundt Cake.
- 1½ cups butter, softened
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
- 6 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- ⅔ cup citrus strawberry glaze
- 11/4 cups strawberries, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2-3 tablespoons sugar
- Preheat oven to 350° and generously grease a 14 cup bundt pan.
- In a heavy bottom pan on medium flame – add the strawberries, orange juice and sugar. Keep stirring till you have a thick sauce where most of the strawberries are mushy and soft.
- In a large bowl beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add cream cheese, beating until creamy.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
- Gradually add flour to butter mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition, stopping to scrape bowl as needed.
- Stir in the vanilla extract.
- Pour one-third of batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (14-cup) tube pan (about 2⅔ cups batter). Dollop 8 rounded teaspoonfuls strawberry glaze over batter, and swirl with wooden skewer. Repeat procedure once, and top with remaining third of batter.
- Bake at 350° for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).
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What a beautiful red swirled through your cake, Anuradha! I can see how rich this is with all the butter AND 8 oz of cream cheese. I may just have a new go-to pound cake recipe! Beautiful!
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I love everything about this bundt Anuradha! The contrasting colors are wonderful, but the combination of flavors is perfect!
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Looks fantastic! Anything cake with cream cheese gets my immediate attention! :) Thanks again for inviting me to join this great group.
What a lovely surprise getting that strawberry swirl in there! Bundt cakes always look so pretty.
I have always enjoyed a good cream cheese pound cake. I’m glad you shared your go-to recipe. Always nice to have a great base recipe.
Gorgous Cake!! I love the combo of strawberries and cream cheese! Yummy!!
Very pretty swirl cake and beautiful clicks too!
Love the strawberry orange swirl in the middle! This recipe looks like a winner! :)
This cake looks incredibly delicious. And the way you presented it is simple but stunning. Nicely done. :)
This bundt cake sounds so good! I love that when you cut into it, you’re in for a strawberry swirled surprise. I also love the pairing of orange and strawberry together. I bet this cake tastes amazing. Lovely!
What a pretty and delicious bundt cake! The swirl is just gorgeous through the cake.
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Beautiful bundt, I love that strawberry swirl peeking through!
Your citrus strawberry swirl is just phenomenal! What a fantastic flavor combination and the red peaking out from the beautiful yellow pound cake is stunning!
This cake looks absolutely stunning my friend :)
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
How delicious! Love the fruit swirl in the middle.
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Oh heavens look at that, I have so much to learn about bundts. I adore the swirl inside and it would be so moist with the cream cheese. I am getting excited to try my next one now!!
That swirl is wonderful and your photos are beautiful! I love the dramatic look with the black background. It really highlights the cake. Thanks for another great month of Bundt baking!
Anuradha,
I love this bundt!!! Love how you added the inner swirl of orange and strawberry!! It’s just lovely! Seeing yours and Paula’s, I definitely want to try to add a marble or swirl of something!!! :) Love this!
I LOVE this! So unique! Pinning now!
Spotted this on FB and knew right away it was one of your amazing creations, yum!
What a pretty swirl!! Beautiful cake. :)
Swirls and Bundts go together like chocolate & vanilla, or in this case, orange & strawberry. I absolutely adore the strawberry glaze peeking through the orange pound cake.
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Oh mah gosh that cake! And that sauce!! Gimme some!
An, this is one show stopping bundt cake. It looks beautiful.
Incredibly tempting! That isuch aheavenly combinattion.
Cheers,
Rosa
Love the swirl in the cake and the texture looks perfect too.
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When I was a child, my mother owned a cookbook with large, colorful photos. One of the recipes was for a cream cheese pound cake. The cookbook has long since been lost, so I’m happy to have your family recipe. Can’t wait to try it! Thanks!
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What an interesting combination: orange and strawberry! Looks light and delicious :)
Hello there Miss An. Where have you been Fifi? I miss you in my life and if you show up bring a slice of this! :) Love you gurl, come and visit soon!
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Pinned! Amazing!
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