BROWN SUGAR AND CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Brown Sugar & Cream Cheese Pound Cake

1 8-ounce package cream cheese - softened

1/2 cup unsalted butter - softened

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1 cup brown sugar - packed

5 large eggs - room temperature

3 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup buttermilk

2 teaspoons vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan, bundt pan or 2 loaf pans
Add cream cheese, butter and sugars to mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time, mixing well about, 1minute after each egg.
Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
Combine buttermilk and vanilla in a small measuring cup and stir.
Alternate adding flour and milk to butter/egg batter - starting and stopping with flour.
Pour batter into buttered, floured tube or bundt pan.
Bake for approximately 1 hour or up to 1:15 hours. Check if done with a cake tester or wooden skewer.
Let cool for 15 minutes then gently remove from pan.