Cream Cheese Coconut Pecan Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup pecans, toasted and chopped
• 1/2 cup coconut, shredded

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f
• 2 grease and flour a 12 cup tube or bundt pan.
• 3 beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• 4 gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• 5 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until the yellow yolk disappears.
• 6 sift together flour and salt; add to butter mixture.
• 7 beat batter at low speed just until blended after each addition.
• 8 stir in vanilla, pecans, and coconut.
• 9 pour batter into a greased and floured 12-cup tube pan.
• 10 bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 1 hour and 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• 11 cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes.
• 12 remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.