20 or more servings
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.
What you’ll need
All purpose flour
Sugar
Salt
Baking powder
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
5 large eggs (Room temp)
Heavy whipping cream (Room temp)
Whole milk (Room temp)
Two packs 16 ounces cream cheese (Room temp)
Vanilla extract
Butter extract
Cream cheese extract
Confectioners’ sugar
Tools you’ll need
Fat Daddio tube pan (15 cup capacity)
Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray
Cooling rack
Cake sifter or mesh strainer with handle
Preparation of ingredients
Dry ingredients (All-purpose flour mixture)
Step 1- Sift 3 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/4 or 1/2 teaspoon salt into a medium-sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.
Wet ingredients (Cream cheese mixture)
Step 2- Add 14 ounces cream cheese (Room temp), 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream or whole milk (Room temp), 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon butter extract, and 2 teaspoons cream cheese extract into a separate medium-sized bowl. Stir all ingredients with a whisk until combined.
Cake batter
Step 3- Add 3 sticks unsalted butter and 3 cups confectioners’ sugar into stand mixer bowl. Mix on high speed for 6 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 4- Add 5 large eggs into the batter at room temperature one at a time while mixing on a medium speed. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 5- Add the (All-purpose flour mixture) and the (Cream cheese mixture) into the batter 3 separate times. Mix on a medium low speed each time for 15 to 20 seconds or until combined. Scape down the sides of you bowl after mixing each time as well.
Spray your tube pan with the Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray.
Preheat oven to 325-degrees F.
Step 6- Pour prepared cake batter into the tube pan. Spread the batter around the tube pan as evenly as possible. Shake the tube pan slightly and tap the bottom of the pan with your hand. This will make the batter more even.
Step 7- Place into a preheated 325-degree oven on the middle rack. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Step 8- Remove the cake from the oven. Toothpick inserted into the cake should come out clean. Let the cake cool for 2 to 3 hours. Once done flip the cake onto a cooling rack of a flat cake serving dish and let the cake cool completely. If you placed the cake onto a cooling rack, make sure place the cake onto a cake serving pad before pouring the icing on top.
Cream cheese icing
Step 9- Add 1 and 1/4 cups + 3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar, 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, 2 tablespoons warm whole milk, 2 ounces cream cheese (Room temp), 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon butter extract, and 1/2 teaspoon cream cheese extract into a medium-sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together with a whisk until the icing is creamy and smooth with no visable lumps.
Step 10- Pour the icing on top of the cooled cake. Let the icing get for 10 to 15 minutes and after that the cake is ready to be served.
YouTube instructional video
