Key Lime Pound Cake. A sweet, moist, dense key lime pound cake drizzled with a tart key lime glaze. A delicious Southern twist to a traditional pound cake. This recipe I originally shared as part of a virtual progressive dinner – of course I brought the dessert.
It's now the only cake requested at every gathering. It's now the only cake requested at every gathering. The unfrosted cake freezes well. —Pat Stewart, Canton, Georgia. You can cook Key Lime Pound Cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Key Lime Pound Cake
- Prepare of batter.
- You need 1 cup of butter.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of shortening – I used 1 cup.
- You need 3 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 6 of large eggs.
- You need 3 cup of all-purpose flour.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- It’s pinch of salt.
- You need 1 cup of milk.
- It’s 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It’s 1 tsp of lime zest.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of lime juice.
- It’s of glaze.
- It’s 1 cup of powdered sugar.
- You need 2 tbsp of lime juice.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
Our Key Lime Pound Cake somehow manages to be both substantial and airy—it's a textural dream. It's also infused with the zesty zing of fresh Key limes. That's thanks to both Key lime zest and Key lime juice, a dynamic, flavorful duo that really shines in this recipe. Dress up traditional pound cake with a little lime zest and a homemade Key lime glaze for a deliciously tropical dessert.
Key Lime Pound Cake step by step
- Preheat oven to 325°. Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition..
- Stir together flour, baking powder, and 1\8 tsp. salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (12-cup) tube pan..
- Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack..
- Prepare Key Lime Glaze, and immediately brush over top and sides of cake. Cool completely (about 1 hour)..
- Glaze.
- Whisk together powdered sugar, fresh Key lime juice, and vanilla until smooth. Use immediately..
How can you rate a given recipe when you make so many adjustments? This Key Lime Cake recipe tastes just like a key lime pie! Each moist, tart and sweet yet dense bite is packed with citrus flavor then topped with a delicious cream cheese glaze. Not to toot my own horn, but I am a (self-appointed) Pound Cake Queen. Key lime glazed pound cake whisks you away to that tropical paradise and is the perfect recipe for entertaining guests in the summer time.
