Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 13 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 58 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box plain butter recipe fudge cake mix
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat it to 325°f lightly mist a 10-inch tube pan with vegetable oil spray, then dust with flour.
• 2 place the cake mix, cream cheese, water, oil, sugar,eggs and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
• 3 blend on low speed for 1 minute.
• 4 stop the machine and scrape down the sides.
• 5 beat 2 minutes more on medium speed.
• 6 the batter should look well-combined.
• 7 pour in the pan and bake 58 to 62 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly pressed and is just starting to pull away from the sides.
• 8 remove cake to wire rack and allow it to cool for 20 minutes.
• 9 run a long sharp knife around the edge and invert it onto a rack.
• 10 then invert it onto another rack so the large side is up.
• 11 makes 16 servings.