Nutty Cream Cheese Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 egg whites, beaten stiffly

Recipe

• 1 have butter, eggs, cream cheese and milk at room temp.
• 2 cream butter, sugar and cream cheese together, add egg yolks, flavorings, water and buttermilk.
• 3 sift all dry ingredients together and add to mixture.
• 4 fold in egg whites.
• 5 bake in three 8" pans lined with wax paper (bottoms only) 350* for 40 min.
• 6 notes: frost with"cream cheese with buttered pecan frosting".