Recipe of Ultimate Key Lime Pound Cake

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook key lime pound cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

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

For this key lime pound cake, I opted to use all butter instead of my usual butter-shortening duo. Something about all-butter pound cakes with You won't find any lime jello in this key lime pound cake. Sure artificial lime can boost the lime flavor and give it a green color, but there is nothing like. Key lime glazed pound cake whisks you away to that tropical paradise and is the perfect recipe for entertaining guests in the summer time.

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.

Sure artificial lime can boost the lime flavor and give it a green color, but there is nothing like. Key lime glazed pound cake whisks you away to that tropical paradise and is the perfect recipe for entertaining guests in the summer time. 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 ( or regular lime!) cake is made with fresh fruit juice, and zest. It's completely homemade, and perfect for any occasion!

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