Ingredients

Pound Cake

3 sticks softened butter

6 large eggs

1 - 8-oz package cream cheese

3 Cups all purpose flour

1 Tablespoon vanilla

3 cups granulated sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt

Caramel Icing

1 stick unsalted butter

2 cups dark brown sugar

1/2 cup heavy cream

Preparation

Cake

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or Bundt pan.
  2. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed until creamy.
  3. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
  4. Beat in vanilla on low speed. 5 Combine flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed until just blended after each addition. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  5. Fill a 2 cup ovenproof measuring cup with water; place in oven aside the cake pan.
  6. Bake cake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. remove from pan and let cool completely on wire rack.

Caramel Icing Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. STIR constantly until you reach a boil and a candy thermometer reaches the soft ball mark. Take off heat, let cool and spread on cake.