Steps to Prepare Ultimate Key Lime Pound Cake

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, key lime pound cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Key Lime Pound Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Key Lime Pound Cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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To get started with this 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 can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

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