Absolutely! Here’s your big, warm, delicious version of the Italian Cream Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze — full of southern charm, Italian elegance, and a luscious texture that makes it a favorite at every table.
🇮🇹✨ Italian Cream Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze ✨🇮🇹
Soft, rich, buttery and beautifully glazed — this is the cake you’ll fall in love with, slice after slice.
🍰 Introduction
The Italian Cream Pound Cake isn’t just a dessert — it’s an experience. Moist, tender, and bursting with flavor, this cake is a luxurious take on the classic Southern pound cake, infused with buttermilk, vanilla, and a delicate crumb that melts in your mouth. Topped with a rich cream cheese glaze, it becomes a showstopper for holidays, brunches, and special gatherings.
This cake combines the comfort of a Southern kitchen with the refinement of Italian dessert traditions. Each bite is soft and buttery, kissed with vanilla and balanced by tangy buttermilk. The glaze? Pure heaven.
📝 Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 2½ cups granulated sugar
- 6 large eggs, room temperature
For the Cream Cheese Glaze:
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2–3 tablespoons milk (to reach desired consistency)
🧑🍳 Instructions
Step 1: Prep the Oven & Pan
- Preheat your oven to 325°F (165°C).
- Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan or tube pan thoroughly.
Step 2: Mix the Dry Ingredients
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Step 3: Cream the Butter & Sugar
- In a large mixing bowl, use a hand or stand mixer to beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy — about 3–5 minutes.
Step 4: Add the Eggs
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides as needed to ensure even mixing.
Step 5: Combine Wet & Dry
- Mix the vanilla extract into the buttermilk.
- Alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk mixture to the batter in 3 additions, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Do not overmix.
Step 6: Bake
- Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 60–70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 15–20 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
🍶 Make the Cream Cheese Glaze
- In a medium bowl, beat the softened cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar and vanilla, then mix until creamy.
- Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until you reach a pourable consistency.
- Once the cake is completely cool, drizzle the glaze generously over the top.
🧠 A Little History
Despite the name, the Italian Cream Cake is believed to be a Southern United States creation with Italian flair. The inclusion of buttermilk and cream cheese nods to Southern baking, while the rich, dense texture and vanilla flavor echo Italian desserts like panettone and ciambella. Over the years, variations have sprung up — including this pound cake version, which combines the classic texture of pound cake with the beloved flavor of the traditional Italian Cream Cake.
It’s a union of two beloved food cultures — and it works beautifully.
💞 Formation with Lovers & Methods with Lovers
This cake has soul. Bake it with someone you love, and you’ll feel the bond deepen. The method is simple, but the attention to detail — creaming the butter, layering the ingredients, and glazing with care — brings people together.
Ideas for sharing with lovers:
- Bake together while dancing in the kitchen 🎶
- Slice it warm and eat it with fingers over coffee ☕
- Bring it to a romantic picnic with strawberries 🍓
- Whisper sweet nothings over cream cheese glaze 💬
Lovers’ Tip: Add a few tablespoons of shredded coconut or chopped toasted pecans to the batter for Southern-style flair.
🏁 Conclusion
This Italian Cream Pound Cake is more than dessert — it’s a celebration of love, tradition, and taste. Perfectly moist, sweetly rich, and decadently glazed, it’s a recipe to pass down for generations. Every slice tells a story. Every bite brings someone closer.
💬 Cake Lovers Say:
❤️ “So soft and luscious — it’s become our anniversary cake!”
💋 “The glaze is unreal. I licked the spoon… and the bowl.”
🌟 “I served it for brunch and my guests couldn’t stop eating it.”
Would you like a chocolate swirl version, or maybe a lemon glaze twist next time? I can also make you a printable keepsake recipe card! 💌