15 servings
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.
What you’ll need
Swan’s Down cake flour or all-purpose flour
Sugar
Salt
Baking powder
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
Large eggs (Room temp)
Creole cream cheese (Room temp)
Whole milk (Room temp)
Vanilla extract
Butter extract
Almond extract (Optional)
Confectioners’ sugar
Optional add-on ingredients if you’re not using the creole cream cheese
Buttermilk (Room temp)
Cream cheese (Softened and at Room temp)
Tools you’ll need
Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray
Nordic ware Anniversary Bundt pan or Fat Daddio tube pan
Cake flour sifter
1/21/2022 Update- If you can’t find the creole cream cheese, you can combine regular cream cheese with buttermilk. Creole cream cheese is hard to find outside of Louisiana and Mississippi areas and it cannot be found online. If you are using cake flour, add 2/3 cup buttermilk (Room temp) and 1 cup cream cheese (Room temp). If you are using all-purpose flour, add 1/2 cup buttermilk (Room temp) and 3/4 cup cream cheese (Room temp). Add these ingredients in place of the creole cream cheese when it is added into the wet ingredients in (step 2)
Preparation of ingredients
Dry ingredients (Cake flour or All-purpose flour mixture)
Step 1- Sift 3 cups cake flour or all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.
Wet ingredients (Creole cream cheese mixture)
Note- Amounts for the creole cream cheese will be different if you are using cake flour or all-purpose flour.
Step 2- Add 1 2/3 cups (If you are using cake flour) or 1 1/4 cups (If you are using all-purpose flour) of the creole cream cheese, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon butter extract, and 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional). Stir all ingredients with a whisk until combined and set aside.
Preparation of cake batter
Step 3- Add 3 sticks unsalted butter (Softened and at room temp), and 3 cups sugar into stand mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment. Mix on high speed for 6 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 4- Add 5 large eggs (Room temp), one at a time while mixing on a medium speed. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 5- Add the (Cake flour or all-purpose flour mixture) and (Creole cream cheese mixture) into the batter 3 separate times. Mix on medium low speed each time for 15 to 20 seconds and make sure you scrape down the sides of your mixing bowl each time.
Baking the cake
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Step 6- Spray Bundt or tube pan with Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray. Add prepared cake batter into pan and spread around as even as possible. Shake baking pan slightly to make batter more even.
Step 7- Place into a preheated 325-degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Once the baking time as ended, remove cake from oven. Let cool for 3 to 4 hours before flipping.
Making the glaze
Step 8- Add 1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar, 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, 2 tablespoons warm whole milk, 1 tablespoon warm creole cream cheese, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon butter extract and 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional). Stir with whisk until creamy and smooth with no visible lumps.
Step 9- Place icing into microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir one last time with whisk and pour icing on top of cake. Use spatula to glide the icing around the top and sides of cake. Let set for 15 to 30 minutes before serving.
YouTube instructional video
