Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake #BundtBakers

I am so excited to have joined a group of amazing bakers, #BundtBakers.  My friend, Anne, at From My Sweetheart, invited me to join in this baking fun. Let me tell you, I have only made one or two Bundt cakes in my life. My mom always gets frustrated by them, and when things annoy my mother that much, I tend to avoid them. But, I have had a Bundt pan that needed some dusting off, so this sounded like a good challenge.

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on the BundtBakers home page. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. The theme for April is "Hidden Surprise" - Bundt cakes with fillings or stuffing. There was no constraint on filling and flavor choices.The only requirement was that the cake be filled/stuffed inside. Anshie from SpiceRoots was our host for this month. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.

What a challenge it was, and I am soo excited and already looking forward to more. I have been doing a lot of reading and research on how to succeed at making a Bundt cake or bread, and am starting with baby steps on all this. I hope to be able to share some of these tips with you along the way, as I learn them myself. Tip #1 that can not be stressed enough, make sure that you grease every nook and cranny of that pan. Dust with flour or cocoa. Then double check to make sure that you didn't miss any spots, if you did go back and grease, and dust!  Martha Stewart has a short video on how to prepare your pan. Worth a watch if you are new to using a Bundt pan.

Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake  (Adapted from: Southern Living)

1 1/2 cups butter, softened
3 cups sugar
8 oz cream cheese, softened
6 eggs, room temperature
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp almond extract
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup strawberry glaze

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare bundt pan by greasing, then flouring. Remove any excess flour. Set pan aside.

In large stand mixer, beat butter until smooth and creamy, on medium speed. Slowly add sugar, one cup at a time. Beat until light and fluffy. Add cream cheese, beat until completely incorporated and mixture is creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Change mixer speed to low and add flour. Add one cup at a time. When all flour has been added, stir in almond and vanilla extracts.

Pour 1/3 of cake batter into prepared pan. Smooth batter a little with back of spoon. Spoon in half of the strawberry glaze. Take a knife, and gently swirl the glaze around. Be careful to not let the glaze touch the edge of the pan. Pour 1/3 batter over top glaze, smooth again with spoon. Add remaining glaze, swirl, cover with remaining batter. Smooth to cover all glaze.

Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or until cake is golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake for 20 minutes then turn cake out to wire rack to cool completely.

Strawberry Sugar
1/2 cup freeze dried strawberries
1/4 cup sugar

Add strawberries and sugar to food processor. Process until only small bits of strawberries remain. Set aside.

Powdered Sugar Glaze
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 tbsp half and half
1 tsp vanilla
Milk, as needed

In medium mixing bowl, sift powdered sugar. Add melted butter to sugar, stir until combined. Add half and half, and vanilla mix well. Add additional milk if needed, to reach desired consistency. Once cake has completely cooled, pour or drizzle glaze over cake. Sprinkle immediately with Strawberry Sugar.

Stop by and see more amazing Bundt cakes that were made this month! Links:-

• Almond Crunch Cake - Magnolia Days 
• Balsamic Strawberries Bundt Cake -  Our Good Life 
• Banana Maple Bundt Cake with Chocolate Star  - Un Mordisco Un Pecado 
• Black and White Surprise Bundt Cake - Patty's Cake 
• Chocolate and Vanilla Polka Dot Bundt - Passion Kneaded 
• Chocolate Bundt Cake with Oreo Cheesecake Filling - Recipes, Food and Cooking 
• Chocolate Cheesecake Stuffed Peanut Butter Bundt Cake - Sew You Think You Can Cook 
• Citrus Raspberry Bundt - Noshing With The Nolands 
• Confetti Zebra Cake - Eat, Drink, Be Mighty 
• Cookie Dough Bundt Cake - Liv for Cake 
• German Mozarthupf - A Kingdom for a Cake 
• Graham Cracker Bundt Cake with Key Lime Cheesecake Swirl - Brooklyn Homemaker 
• KitKat Surprise Bundt Cake -Simply Veggies 
• Lemon Blueberry Van Halen Bundt - Food Lust People Love 
• Orange and Strawberry Jam Bundt Cake - Baking Yummies 
• Pear and Blue Cheese Bundt - Jane's Adventures in Dinner 
• Polka Dot Bundt Cake - Brunch with Joy
• Raspberry Filled Lemon Bundt - A Day in the Life on the Farm 
• Real Nutella Bundt Cake - Baking in Pyjamas 
• Savory Monkey Bread Stuffed Bundt - Adventures in All Things Food 
• Sour Cream Boozy Hazelnut Bundt Cake - Sidewalk Shoes 
• Spring Break S'mores Cake - Tea and Scones 
• Strawberry Cheesecake Bundt Cake - Basic N Delicious  
• Strawberry Twinky Bundt Cake - I Love Bundt Cakes 
• Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake - Big Rigs 'n Lil' Cookies 
• Surprise Bundt - Mummy & Cute
• Surprise Filled Chocolate Bundt Cake - Media Ración Doble, Por Favor 
• Surprise Inside Carrot Bundt Cake- Making Miracles
• Triple Lemon Bundt Cake - Baking and Creating with Avril
• Tropical Surprise Bundt Cake - Spice Roots

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