Step-by-Step Guide to Make Award-winning Key Lime Pound Cake

Hello everybody, I hope you’re 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 am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Key Lime Pound Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Key Lime Pound Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have key lime pound cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

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

Sure artificial lime can boost the lime flavor and give it a green color, but there is nothing like. This key lime ( or regular lime!) cake is made with fresh fruit juice, and zest. It's completely homemade, and perfect for any occasion! I've been getting so many request for a homemade key lime pound cake!

Steps 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.

It's completely homemade, and perfect for any occasion! I've been getting so many request for a homemade key lime pound cake! 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.

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