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key lime pound cake

mohmed mohmedon

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This is my mother’s recipe for Key Lime Pound Cake that was a staple in our house every Easter and throughout the summer. Moist, dense, and delicious!, I hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients

    • FOR CAKE
    • 1 cup butter
    • 1/2 cup shortening
    • 3 cups sugar
    • 6 large eggs
    • 3 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 cup milk
    • 1/8 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 teaspoon lime zest
    • 1/4 cup key lime juice
  • FOR GLAZE
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons key lime juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

How To Make key lime pound cake

 Test Kitchen Tips
Key limes can take a while to juice. As a timesaver, we used Nellie and Joe’s Key Lime Juice and it was perfect.
    • Creaming butter and shortening.
      Step 1
      Preheat oven to 325°. Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy.
    • Gradually beating in the sugar.
      Step 2
      Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
    • Slowly adding the egg.
      Step 3
      Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
    • Flour, baking powder, and salt sifted in a bowl.
      Step 4
      Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
    • Adding some of the flour.
      Step 5
      Add some of the flour to butter mixture.
    • Adding milk to the batter.
      Step 6
      Alternate with milk. Beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
    • Stirring in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice.
      Step 7
      Stir in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice.
    • Batter poured into a pan.
      Step 8
      Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (12-cup) tube or Bundt pan.
    • Key Lime Pound Cake baking in the oven.
      Step 9
      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.
    • Allowing the baked cake to slightly cool.
      Step 10
      Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes.
    • Prepared glaze in a bowl.
      Step 11
      Prepare the Key Lime Glaze by mixing together 1 c powdered sugar, 2 Tbsp key lime juice, and 1/2 tsp vanilla extract.
    • Cake removed from the pan.
      Step 12
      Remove cake from the pan.
  • Brushing the glaze on the cake.
    Step 13
    Immediately brush glaze over top and sides of the cake.
  • Allowing the cake to completely cool.
    Step 14
    Cool completely (about 1 hour).

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