1 ½ cups butter
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
3 cups white sugar
6 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
- Cream butter and cream cheese together in a mixing bowl until smooth.
- Gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy.
- Add eggs, two at a time, beating well with each addition.
- Add flour all at once and mix in.
- Mix in vanilla.
- Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes, checking for doneness at 1 hour. A toothpick inserted into the center of the cake should come out clean. Remove and cool before serving.
Tip: the secret to the soft ring in the center is to cook it 1 hour and 20 at 325 and turn the oven off. Leave cake in the oven another 25 min with the door cracked open to finish cooking. It will be crunchy on the outside and have a soft 1/2” ring around the inside. Best part of the cake hands down.
Nutrition Facts
calories525total fat 28g
saturated fat 17g
cholesterol 150mg
sodium 218mg
total carbohydrate 64g
dietary fiber 1g
total sugars 43g
protein 7g
calcium 35mg
iron 2mg
potassium 84mg
I have been making this for years as well. It’s actually in the Southern Living Cookbook. My MIL told me the secret to the soft ring in the center is to cook it 1 hour and 20 at 325 and turn the oven off… leave it in the oven another 25 min with the door cracked open to finish cooking. It will be crunchy on the outside and have a soft 1/2” ring around the inside. Best part of the cake hands down.
