Recipe of Homemade Key Lime Pound Cake

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 food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Key Lime Pound Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Key Lime Pound Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook key lime pound cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

1. Prepare batter
2. Take 1 cup butter
3. Get 1/2 cup shortening - I used 1 cup
4. Take 3 cup sugar
5. Get 6 large eggs
6. Prepare 3 cup all-purpose flour
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp baking powder
8. Prepare pinch salt
9. Prepare 1 cup milk
10. Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
11. Get 1 tsp lime zest
12. Get 1/4 cup lime juice
13. Get glaze
14. Prepare 1 cup powdered sugar
15. Make ready 2 tbsp lime juice
16. Take 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Prepare Key Lime Glaze, and immediately brush over top and sides of cake. Cool completely (about 1 hour).
5. Glaze
6. Whisk together powdered sugar, fresh Key lime juice, and vanilla until smooth. Use immediately.

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