Apricot-Filled Cream Cheese Pound Cake
- 2 cups cake flour
- 1-1/2 tsp. Magic Baking Powder
- 1 pkg. (250 g) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 pkg. (4-serving size) Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding
- 1/4 cup water
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup apricot jam
- 2 tsp. icing sugar
- Heat oven to 325F.
- Combine flour and baking powder.
- Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until creamy.
- Add granulated sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
- Add dry pudding mix and water; mix well.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until well blended.
- Pour 2/3 of the batter into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
- Use back of spoon to make "trench" in centre of batter; spoon jam into trench.
- Cover with remaining batter.
- Gently spread batter to completely cover jam, being careful not to allow jam to touch sides of pan.
- Bake 1 hour 15 min.
- to 1 hour 25 min.
- or until toothpick inserted near centre of cake comes out clean.
- Cool cake in pan 15 min.
- Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife.
- Invert onto wire rack; gently remove pan.
- Cool cake completely.
- Sprinkle with icing sugar just before serving.
cake flour, baking powder, cream cheese, butter, sugar, water, eggs, apricot jam, icing sugar
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/apricot-filled-cream-cheese-pound-cake-186026.aspx (may not work)