For this easy cream cheese pound cake recipe, you'll need: Definitely go with full-fat cream cheese for the best results.

BEAT cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and vanilla with mixer ... or until center is almost set. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.

MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar ... Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim.