Cream Cheese-Poppy Seed Pound Cake

• 250 g butter (no substitutes)
• 250 g cream cheese
• 6 eggs
• 3 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup poppy seed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence

1. Bring butter, cheese and eggs to room temperature before you begin.
2. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan and preheat oven to 160C or 325u0b0F.
3. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until softened.
5. Gradually add sugar 2 TABLESPOONS AT A TIME beating on medium speed about 5 minutes until very light and fluffy.
6. Add poppy seeds and vanilla essence.
7. Add eggs,one at a time, beating on low to medium speed 1 minute after each addition and scraping bowl frequently.
8. Gradually add flour mixture beating on low speed until just combined.
9. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for about 1 1/4 hours or until a wooden skewer comes out clean.
10. Cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes and then remove from pan and allow to cool completely before serving.

butter, cream cheese, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, poppy seed, vanilla essence

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cream-cheese-poppy-seed-pound-cake-260612 (may not work)