Prize-Winning Pound Cake
1
8oz pkg cream cheese, softened
2 sticks margarine, softened
1 stick butter, softened
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups cake flour
2 t vanilla (or 1t vanilla, 1t almond flavoring)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan. Beat cream cheese, margarine, butter, and sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, alternately with flour, blending well after each addition. Blend in vanilla. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 323 degrees and continue cooking until cake tests done, about 40-50 minutes. Cool in pan on rack. invert onto platter.