If you’re a fan of pound cake this White Chocolate Cherry Cream Cheese Pound Cake is a must make. The batter is filled with white chocolate chips and sweet maraschino cherries all baked in a creamy homemade batter. The top is drizzled with a pink cherry glaze to seal the deal.

Easy White Chocolate Cherry Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

I unapologetically love rich buttery pound cake in any flavor. From a classic vanilla pound cake, to lemon pound cake, a summer strawberry or glorious coconut cream pound cake. In my world, there’s just no wrong flavor. Pound cakes freeze well and depending on the flavor can be transformed into trifles or provide the base for an ice cream sundae or strawberry shortcake in a pinch.

How Do you Make the Best White Chocolate Cherry Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

This version ranks near the top of my pound cake all-stars due to the combination of maraschino cherries and white chocolate. They compliment one another so well.

Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade White Chocolate Cherry Cream Cheese Pound Cake: All purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, butter, plain cream cheese, baking powder, salt, maraschino cherries (well drained), vanilla extract, almond extract, white chocolate baking chips and large eggs.
For the glaze you’ll need: Powdered sugar, maraschino cherry juice and heavy cream plus whipped cream and cherries with stems for garnishing.
Kitchen tools you’ll need: A stand mixer or a hand mixer, large mixing bowl, medium bowl, whisk, measuring cups and spoons, an angel food pan (tube pan), sharp knife and cutting board, cooling rack and rubber spatula.
Pound cakes are dense by their very nature. This cake does have a small amount of leavening along with the eggs to add a lightness to the dense batter. That’s not necessarily typical of Southern pound cakes some are made with eggs alone.
When tinting the batter, you can make it as pink as you like by adjusting the amount of food coloring you add to the batter. It doesn’t effect the taste of course, so if you prefer it could also be left out altogether.
For me, it’s all about showing the love and I never grow tired of the reaction you get from people when you cut into a pink tinted cake. It makes this beauty incredibly fun to make and serve.
The glaze is made with the juice from the cherries mixed with powdered sugar. To tint, add a few drops of pink food coloring. Repeat the process adding more or less, until the color suits your fancy.
Store glazed White Chocolate Cherry Cream Cheese Pound Cake in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week.

More Southern Pound Cake Recipes to Make

Cake for dessert is a no brainer, right? If you’d like to try your hand at perfecting Southern pound cakes, I’ve got you covered! More of my fabulous pound cake recipes you may also like to try:

Famous Million Dollar Pound Cake is perfection for any occasion.
Lemon Lovers Pound Cake is a family recipe you’ll love.
Strawberry Pound Cake is drizzled with a vanilla cream glaze.
Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake made in a loaf pan.
Coconut Cream Pound Cake will delight your coconut lovers.
Citrus infused Orange Pound Cake.
Chocolate Chip Pound Cake from Love from the Oven.

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