🍓 Strawberry Cheesecake Pound Cake
A rich buttery pound cake with a creamy cheesecake layer and sweet strawberry flavor. Perfect for dessert, parties, or with coffee.
🧾 Ingredients
Pound Cake Batter
1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Cheesecake Layer
8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
¼ cup sugar
1 egg
½ tsp vanilla extract
Strawberry Layer
1 cup strawberry pie filling or thick strawberry jam
Optional Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
2–3 tbsp milk
½ tsp vanilla
👩🍳 Instructions
Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C). Grease and flour a loaf pan or bundt pan.
Make pound cake batter
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 3–4 minutes).
Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in another bowl.
Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture alternating with milk.
Stir in vanilla.
Make cheesecake mixture
Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
Layer the cake
Pour half of the pound cake batter into the pan.
Add the cheesecake mixture and spread gently.
Spoon strawberry filling over it.
Top with the remaining cake batter.
Bake
Bake 60–75 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the cake part comes out clean.
Cool completely before removing from the pan.
Optional glaze
Mix powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla.
Drizzle over the cooled cake.
🍰 Tips
For extra flavor, swirl fresh chopped strawberries into the strawberry layer.
Store in the refrigerator because of the cheesecake filling.
Tastes even better the next day!
✅ If you want, I can also give you:
A viral bakery-style Strawberry Cheesecake Pound Cake recipe (even creamier).
A quick 5-ingredient version that’s trending online.
