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 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Key Lime Pound Cake
- You need 1 cup of salted butter, softened.
- It’s 1/2 cup of shortening.
- You need 3 cups of sugar.
- It’s 6 of large eggs.
- You need 3 cups of all purpose flour.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1 cup of milk.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare 1 tsp of lime zest.
- It’s 1/2 cup of fresh lime juice.
- Prepare of For Key lime glaze:.
- Prepare 1 cup of powdered sugar.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of fresh lime juice.
- Prepare 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 instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Cream together butter and shortening. Gradually add sugar until light and fluffy..
- Add eggs one at a time beating until just blended..
- Stir flour, baking soda together in separate bowl and add alternatively with milk by starting with flour and ending with flour until just blended. Do not over mix. Stir in lime juice, vanilla, and lime zest..
- Pour batter into 10 inch greased and floured tube pan or fluted pan. Bake at 325°F for an hour and 15 minutes or until tooth pick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10-15 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack..
- Mix together key lime glaze until smooth and pour over cake while warm..
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.
