Friday, March 30, 2007

Three Citrus Cream cheese Pound Cake



Ingredients:

180 gm. Cake flour
1/8 tsp. Bicarbonate of Soda
a pinch of salt
130 gm. Cream cheese
160 gm. Butter
225 gm. fine sugar
180 gm. eggs - lightly beaten
1 tsp. vanilla essence
2 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
1 no. Orange Zest
1/2 tsp. Lemon Zest
1/2 tsp. Lime Zest

Method:

(1) Sift cake flour and bicarbonate of soda together and set aside.
(2) Cream butter and cream cheese together for 1 min. then gradually pour in sugar and continue beating till creamy and light.
(3) Pour in beaten eggs in a steady stream till finished. Mix thoroughly.
(4) Add in vanilla essence, orange zest, lemon zest and lime zest.
(5) Fold in flour mixture lightly and then pour into a loaf pan (9" x 4")and bake at 160C for about 1 hour 30 mins.
(6) Insert skewer in and if the centre comes out clean, then it's cooked.
(7) Remove cake from oven for 10 mins. in it's pan before removing frompan.
Cool cake over a wire rack.
(8) Can serve the cheese pound cake with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.

Recipe is adapted from the book "Crave"

13 comments:

Cranberry said...

wow, so nice.

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty,

I noticed that the recipe doesn't need baking powder and yet the cake still rise beautifully. Definitely a must try recipe :) Thanks for sharing.

Regards,
May

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi May,

There's no baking powder. Used Bicarbonate of Soda instead.

rgsd

Anonymous said...

Hey,

I am really enjoying your blog and the recipes that you had so kindly shared. I tried baking the Three Citrus Cream Cheese Pound Cake twice, the first time the texture was great but it was a tad too sweet and it was delicious. The 2nd time I made it, I reduced the sugar but this time the texture became very crumpy and I also noticed that the batter after I added the eggs begin to curd. Is there something I did wrong ? How long should I cream the butter, cheese and sugar ? When should we add the lemon juice....

Thanks !

ser

Aunty Yochana said...

Dear Serene,

I know you don't have a sweet tooth but cakes are cakes, they need sugar to make them look beautiful. You can cut down the sugar but not too much. Sugar caramelize while baking and thus gives the brown elegant look.
While beating eggs in and if you find that it starts to cuddle, you can add in 1 or 2 tablespoon of flour into it and it will stop cuddling.

rgds.

Anonymous said...

Hi aunty,

I just came across your blog and the cake looks delicious. I was just wondering if there is any difference in the temperature if I don't use a loaf pan and use a square 8" cake pan instead?

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

aunty, you bake your pound cake with or without "fan" function? the colour is really even.. beautiful cake!

Aunty Yochana said...

hi anonymous,

I never use fan function.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much for this recipe. I couldn't stop eating it myself the first time i made it earlier this week!Will make another loaf tomorrow to bring for friends.
Have a nice day!

Sophia

Anonymous said...

Hi Yochana,

What is orange, lemon & lime zest?

Thanks

anonymous

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Anonymous,

Zest means the thin skin covering the fruit. Use a zester to scrap the skin out ...

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Yochana,

Sorry to ask, what is a zester? where can I buy one? Can I don't add orange, lemon & lime zest just add orange & lemon juice? Thanks

anonymous

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi anonymous.

A zester is like a scraper. You can get it from Chong Trading.

rgds