Key Lime Bread Recipes

KEY LIME BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in eggs, lime zest, juice, and vanilla. Mix until combined.
• In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Alternately, add in flour and buttermilk. Mix well.
• Pour mixture into a greased 9 x 5 loaf pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes and remove from pan.
• Place on a wire rack and drizzle with glaze while bread is still warm.

KEY LIME BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs. Beat in lime zest, juice and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in walnuts. , Transfer to 2 greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. , Combine confectioners' sugar and enough lime juice to reach desired consistency; drizzle over warm bread. Cool completely., Freeze option: Do not make glaze. Securely wrap cooled loaves in foil, then freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature. Prepare glaze as directed.

KEY LIME BREAD

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs; mix well.
• Add lime peel, juice and vanilla; mix until combined.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
• Fold in walnuts.
• Transfer to two greased 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-inch loaf pans.
• Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
• Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm bread.
• Cool completely.

KEY LIME BREAD

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Cream butter and sugar, add the eggs and beat well. pour in the juice, zest and vanilla, combine well and set aside
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. add alternating with the milk to the creamed mixture until all are combined. add walnuts and mix until well combined,
• Divide batter into 2 bread pans that have been sprayed with non stick spray ( I use Pam baking spray) Bake in preheated oven for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown and a tooth pick comes clean. I let mine cool for about 10 minutes in the pans then invert on to my cooling rack.
• For the glaze mix the juice and the sugar and spoon over warm bread.

KEY LIME ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• For the bread: Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch round tube pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, pumpkin spice blend, baking soda, salt and baking powder in a large bowl. Whisk together the oil, lime juice, vanilla and eggs in a medium bowl or large measuring cup. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture along with the grated zucchini and mix well.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared tube pan and spread in an even layer. Bake until a cake tester or skewer inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 5 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack to cool completely, then remove from pan to a plate or cake stand.
• For the glaze: Whisk together the confectioners' sugar and lime zest and juice in a medium bowl until smooth and pourable. If the icing is too thick, add water a teaspoon at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
• Pour the icing over the bread, then top with lime twists.

KEY LIME BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, then brush with melted butter. Place pan in the freezer until needed.
• Cream butter for crust in a bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in flour, brown sugar, and salt. If mixture does not hold together, knead it on a work surface. Place mounds of the mixture in the cold baking pan; press with your fingers to smooth it into a firm layer on the bottom.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly colored, about 18 minutes.
• While the crust is baking, prepare lime layer: pour 2 tablespoons regular lime juice into a small bowl. Discard any extra, or reserve for another use. Add lime zest and Key lime juice; mix to combine.
• Combine sugar, eggs, flour, and baking powder in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer at high speed for 1 minute. Stir in lime zest-juice mixture and food coloring.
• Remove crust from the oven and immediately pour lime mixture over top. Return to the oven and bake until top is light colored and custardy, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool, about 30 minutes. Move to the freezer and chill for 30 minutes.
• Remove from the pan and cut into 16 squares. Sprinkle confectioners' sugar on top.

KEY LIME CAKE I

Steps:

• Cream together the butter or margarine and 3/4 cup sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Separate the eggs. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, and add the key lime zest.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add these dry ingredients to the egg butter mixture, alternating with 1/2 cup key lime juice.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff, and fold into the batter.
• Pour batter into a well greased 10 inch Bundt pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), or until cake tests done. Cool cake for 10 minutes in pan, and then invert onto cooling rack.
• To Make Key Lime Glaze: Combine 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup key lime juice. Simmer over medium low heat until a light syrup forms; this should take approximately 5 minutes. Use glaze immediately. Pour over still warm cake.