Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, key lime pound cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Key Lime Pound Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Key Lime Pound Cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
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 recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook 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:
- Make ready 1 cup salted butter, softened
- Get 1/2 cup shortening
- Prepare 3 cups sugar
- Make ready 6 large eggs
- Get 3 cups all purpose flour
- Take 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1 cup milk
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 tsp lime zest
- Take 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- Take For Key lime glaze:
- Take 1 cup powdered sugar
- Prepare 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
- Take 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
I was so looing forward to taking this Key Lime Pound Cake to our family Easter Dinner. Prepped all ingredients to room temperature and followed directions carefully. New Orleans native Charlie Andrews demonstrates on how to make a Homemade Key lime pound cake. This cake is made with real limes.
Instructions 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.
Fresh key limes are the secret to this refreshing key lime pound cake. Stir juice, milk, zest and vanilla together. Now mixing by hand, gradually flour to the butter-egg mixture alternating with the key lime juice and milk mixture. This key lime pound cake will take you to The Keys. It's a tender and moist pound cake.
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