Cream Cheese Pound Cake

the ingredients

• 1 C. margarine, softened
• 1- 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 C. butter, softened
• 3 C. sugar
• 6 eggs
• 3 C. sifted cake flour
• 1 T. vanilla (or other extract of your choice)

directions

1. Combine margarine, butter and cream cheese, creaming well. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. 
2. Add flour to creamed mixture, stirring until combined. Stir in extract (I like half vanilla and half lemon). 
3. Pour batter into a well-greased 10" tube pan. Bake until tests done at 325 degrees for 1 hour and thirty minutes . Cool in pan fifteen to twenty minutes; remove from pan and cool completely. Rich and moist with a fine texture.