Smoky Toasted Cream Cheese Pound Cake | Saveur

Name: Smoky Toasted Cream Cheese Pound Cake | Saveur
Ingredients: 15 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened, plus more for greasing; 1 1 ⁄ 4 cups cake flour, plus more for dusting; 1 1 ⁄ 4 cups sugar; 3 ⁄ 4 tsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. kosher salt; 3 oz. cream cheese, softened; 1 ⁄ 2 vanilla bean, scraped, seeds only; 2 eggs; 1 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. vanilla extract; 2 sprigs lemon verbena or lemon thyme; 1 lb. hulled strawberries, halved; 1 (12-oz.) bottle of berry lambic (fruit beer) ( available at binnys.com ); Goat butter, for serving

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Moist and rich, this pound cake gets a gloss of lemon syrup before slices are caramelized in a skillet over hot coals, and dressed in a boozy berry compote.

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Ingredients

15 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened, plus more for greasing
1 1⁄4 cups cake flour, plus more for dusting
1 1⁄4 cups sugar
3⁄4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
3 oz. cream cheese, softened
1⁄2 vanilla bean, scraped, seeds only
2 eggs
1 1⁄2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 sprigs lemon verbena or lemon thyme
1 lb. hulled strawberries, halved
1 (12-oz.) bottle of berry lambic (fruit beer) (available at <a href="http://www.binnys.com/beer/Lindemans_Framboise_821199.html">binnys.com</a>)
Goat butter, for serving