Comfort on the counter: eggs, butter, and cream cheese - It’s Pound Cake Day!
The Cake that always takes me back to home.
Brian always knows something’s up when he sees eggs, butter, and cream cheese lined up on the counter—it’s a pound cake day.
For me, baking a cake has never just been about dessert. It’s how I say thank you. It’s how I show love. And sometimes, it’s how I steady myself when the world feels a little off-kilter. There’s comfort in the ritual—softening the butter, creaming the sugar, and waiting as the whole house fills with the smell of cake in the oven.
This cream cheese pound cake is dense in the most delicious way, with a crunchy top that everyone in my house tries to pick at before it’s cooled. That first slice, still warm, is enough to bring me back to myself every single time.
I always tell people: bake them a cake. It doesn’t have to be fancy. What matters is the gesture. A cake says, “I thought of you.” A cake says, “You belong here.” A cake says, “You’re loved.” And sometimes, a cake says all of those things at once.
When life feels complicated, I go back to the simple things I can count on. For me, this is one of them. Try this cake—you might find it says exactly what you need it to, too.
Truitt House Cream Cheese Poundcake
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups butter
8 oz cream cheese
3 cups sugar
6 large eggs
3 cups cake flour
1 tsp. vanilla
Method:
Preheat oven to 325
Butter and flour a pretty bundt pan
Mix butter and cream cheese in a stand mixer
Add cream cheese and mix until light and fluffy
Add eggs, one at a time
Add flour all at once
Add vanilla
Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Kitchen Notes
Don’t rush it. Cream cheese pound cake needs time in the oven and in life. It will test your patience, but when you pull it out and the house smells like butter and sugar, you’ll know it was worth every minute.
Make Ahead: This cake actually tastes even better the next day as the flavors settle in.
