Description
A delicious cream cheese cake with a perfectly balanced sweetness and rich, creamy texture. This versatile recipe can be made in advance and even transformed into cupcakes.
Ingredients
- Cake flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Unsalted butter
- Cream cheese
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Milk
- Powdered sugar (for frosting)
- Lemon juice (optional, for frosting)
Instructions
- Preheat oven and prepare cake pans
- Mix dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
- Cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar
- Add eggs and vanilla
- Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk
- Bake until a toothpick comes out clean
- Make frosting by combining cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar
- Cool cake completely before frosting
Notes
- Cake layers can be made up to 2 days ahead and stored wrapped at room temperature
- Frosting can be made 1 day ahead and refrigerated
- Can be assembled up to 24 hours before serving
- Recipe converts to approximately 24 cupcakes (bake 18-22 minutes)
- To make frosting less sweet, reduce powdered sugar to 3 cups and add 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 13g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
Keywords: cream cheese cake, layer cake, cream cheese frosting, make-ahead cake, homemade cake
