Vanilla Pound Cake & Vanilla Bean Frosting

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Calling all Vanilla Bean lovers! You might be pleasantly pleased to know that this Vanilla Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Vanilla Bean Frosting is double-infused with vanilla bean paste, both in the cake batter and in the frosting. It’s like a Double Whammy of vanilla bean goodness!! 

More vanilla? You’ll love this No Churn Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies and this Vanilla Greek Yogurt & Olive Oil Pound Cake!

Vanilla Bean Loaf

What is Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Loaf with Vanilla Bean Frosting?

If you’re looking for a drool-worthy cake to impress your family and friends, look no further than the delicious Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Loaf with Vanilla Bean Frosting. Nothing quite beats the comforting flavor, aroma and texture of a freshly-baked moist vanilla bean cream cheese pound cake with a creamy vanilla bean frosting!

The sweet notes of vanilla bean and the velvety texture of the cream cheese frosting will have you coming back for more every time.  Not only is this cake recipe super simple to make – it only requires a few pantry staples – but it transforms plain vanilla cake loaf into a decadent, flavorful treat.

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Loaf {Vanilla Bean Frosting}

What is Vanilla Bean Paste?

Vanilla bean paste is a really thick vanilla extract filled with vanilla bean seeds.  It can be used 1:1 in place of vanilla extract.

You can also use it in place of vanilla beans in all kinds of desserts like cookies, ice cream, and frostings, just to name a few possibilities.  It smells amazing!

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Ingredients You Need

You won’t want to miss out on this rich, moist and tantalizing vanilla bean cream cheese pound cake!  Slathered with a generous amount of vanilla bean cream cheese frosting and so fragrant. Even though it’s not chocolate, vanilla bean is still just as sinful and indulgent!  

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

  • granulated sugar
  • cream cheese, softened
  • unsalted butter, softened
  •  vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
  •  eggs
  • all-purpose flour
  • cake flour
  • baking powder

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

  • powdered sugar
  • cream cheese, softened
  • vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
  • vanilla almond milk or milk

How to Make Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake

 Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Grease and flour a 9 x 5″ pan or 2 – 8-½ x 4-½” loaf pans or a bundt cake pan.
  2. In large bowl, using mixer, cream the sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla bean paste.
  3. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well in between each egg addition.
  4. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cake flour and baking powder and gently fold the dry ingredients in the wet ingredients until it is just combined.
  5. Use a 9 x 5″ pan, parchment lined loaf pan bake for 50-60 mins or use 2 – 8-½ x 4-½” parchment lined loaf pans and divide the batter between the two pans evenly and bake for 30-40 mins or for a bundt cake, grease and flour the bundt pan well and pour in the cake batter and bake for 50-60 mins.

For Doneness

  1. Insert a toothpick or cake tester near the center of the cake; it should come out clean, with no batter sticking to it.
  2. Cool on wire rack.

How To Make the Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. Using mixer, beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla bean paste/vanilla and milk together until very smooth. Add more or less milk to get the frosting to the proper consistency you would like.
  2. Swirl the frosting on top of the cake, slice and devour!

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This Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Loaf with Vanilla Bean Frosting is a treat worth trying. With its light, airy texture, and simple yet flavorful frosting, it’s a delightful combination that you and your family will love.

This recipe is easy to follow, provides a delightful and creatively flavorful cake, and will leave your friends and family impressed and begging for more!

More Vanilla Love!

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Loaf {Vanilla Bean Frosting}

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Loaf {Vanilla Bean Frosting}

Kim Lange
You won't want to miss out on this rich, moist and tantalizing vanilla bean cream cheese pound cake slathered with a generous amount of vanilla bean cream cheese frosting. Even though it's not chocolate, it's still just as sinful and indulgent!
4.39 from 26 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Course Breakfast
Servings 8 Servings
Calories

Ingredients
  

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Batter

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
  • 2-3 teaspoons vanilla almond milk or milk

Instructions
 

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Batter

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Grease and flour a 9 x 5" pan or 2 - 8-½ x 4-½" loaf pans or a bundt cake pan.
  • In large bowl, using mixer, cream the sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla bean paste.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well in between each egg addition.
  • In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cake flour and baking powder and gently fold the dry ingredients in the wet ingredients until it is just combined.
  • Use a 9 x 5" pan, parchment lined loaf pan bake for 50-60 mins or use 2 - 8-½ x 4-½" parchment lined loaf pans and divide the batter between the two pans evenly and bake for 30-40 mins or for a bundt cake, grease and flour the bundt pan well and pour in the cake batter and bake for 50-60 mins.

For Doneness

  • Insert a toothpick or cake tester near the center of the cake; it should come out clean, with no batter sticking to it.
  • Cool on wire rack.

To make the Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Using mixer, beat all ingredients together until very smooth. Add more or less milk to get the frosting to the proper consistency you would like.
  • Swirl the frosting on top of the cake, slice and devour!
Keyword BREAD, cream cheese, loaf, pound cake, vanilla, vanilla bean
Tried This Recipe?Let us know how it was by commenting below!

Loaf Pans Volume in Many Sizes

  • The most common sizes are 9 x 5 inches and 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches.
  • Loaf pans also come in many materials. If using glass pans, the oven temperature should be 25 degrees F. less that the recipe requires.
  • Metal pans are either dark or shiny. Some bakers prefer dark pans, which darken the crust.

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Hi! I'm Kim! As you may know, I'm cookie, brownie and chocolate obsessed! You'll find hundreds of decadent and healthy dessert recipes to choose from here! So, let's bake something easy and never forget the chocolate!

25 Comments

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  2. Hi Tonya, you need to leave it in until it doesn’t jiggle anymore and done. It will still bake, but it will not firm up because of the thickness. For future, if you feel the sides are browning to quickly, you can put tinfoil on top, like a tent and let it continue to bake to completion. Hopefully it turned out?

  3. Just pulled it out the oven and smells great. Only concern I have is the top was still a bit jiggly and the sides browned. I didn’t want to risk burning the sides and took it out. I’m hoping the residual heat finishes it off. Did I do something wrong?

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  5. Hi Sylvia! It is wonderful to hear you found the pound cake awesome! Vanilla is a wonderful game changer. Thank you so much for coming to the blog and hope you visit often. 🙂 Happy New Year!

  6. I made this recipe today! Absolutely fabulous! I did use 2 loaf pans. I did not use the frosting [ I was going to ] but, this pound cake was so awesome it did not need it at all! So delicious by itself! Because I have strayed away from Chocolate I now prefer Vanilla or Caramel. I just do not care for chocolate like I use to. Too happy I came across this recipe. Thank you for sharing it.

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  11. Hi Christine! I’m not sure which one you are looking for. Here’s this one below, but if it’s not the right one, let me know. YOu can also use the search engine one the blog http://www.thebakingchocolatess.com and try to find it that way. Also on the email, there are 2 places to subscribe for recipes, but it shouldn’t matter if they are uppercase or not. I definitely want to get you what you need! 😀

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  12. Hi Lauren! The temperature would be same but depending on the size of the mini loaf pans and how many you are doing would depend on the time. If you were doing 2 probably 28-32 minutes, 3 minis probably 23-28 mins. I would just keep a good watch on them. Let us know and you are very welcome!

  13. Hi…this looks so yummy!!! Would like to be able to make these in mini size loaf pans. Is it possible and if so is the oven temperature still the same and how long would these bake for? Thanks so much!

  15. Could you make this into like a birthday cake with 2 9″ round pans? Would it hold up to being decorated you think?

  25. your Vanilla Beam Pound Cake looks AMAZING!!!
    I bought everything to bake this cake…
    but I found out I’m going to need to order the vanilla bean paste.
    Would you tell me the paste you use? I did some research, not sure
    which one to order. I would like the best one.
    Thank you,

    Tina Smith

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