Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, key lime pound cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Key Lime Pound Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Key Lime Pound Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have key lime pound cake using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pound Cake:
- Get 1 cup salted butter, softened
- Prepare 1/2 cup shortening
- Make ready 3 cups sugar
- Prepare 6 large eggs
- Prepare 3 cups all purpose flour
- Get 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 1 cup milk
- Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Make ready 1 tsp lime zest
- Make ready 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- Get For Key lime glaze:
- Make ready 1 cup powdered sugar
- Make ready 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
- Get 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
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. This cake has become one of my most popular cake recipes and if.
Steps to make Key Lime Pound Cake:
- 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.
Made this Key Lime Pound Cake yesterday and was a little leary about the temperature and cooking time but to my surprise. This key lime pound cake will take you to The Keys. It's a tender and moist pound cake. Refreshing, the key lime flavor isn't overpowering. Brushing with a key lime glaze is perfect and enhances the citrus flavor.
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