Scratch Made Key Lime Pound Cake Recipe With Key Lime Glaze

LIME POUND CAKE W/ FRESH LIME GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• Generously grease and flour a bundt pan. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
• In a large bowl cream together shortening, butter and sugar.
• Beat in eggs one at a time until batter is fluffy.
• In a small bowl, mix together buttermilk and lime yogurt.
• Alternate adding the buttermilk yogurt mix and the dry mixture into the wet batter.
• Mix in vanilla extract, lime juice, and lime zest until well combined.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes. (I check the center edges with a wooden skewer to make sure it is completely done)
• Let cake cool before gently removing from the pan.
• When cake has cooled completely drizzle with glaze.
• To make the glaze, mix together powdered sugar and enough lime juice to create a thick, yet pourable consistency (think Elmer's glue) Stir in lime zest.
• Serve cake garnished with lime slices, a sprinkling of lime zest, and vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

KEY LIME POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. 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.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, and 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.
• Bake at 325°F 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.
• Prepare Key Lime Glaze: Whisk together powdered sugar, fresh Key lime juice, and vanilla until smooth. Use immediately.
• Brush Key Lime Glaze over top and sides of cake immediately after preparing. Cool completely (about 1 hour).

KEY LIME POUND CAKE WITH GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan; line with parchment paper.
• Beat white sugar, butter, and shortening together with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
• Sift cake flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add flour mixture, eggs, and cream alternately to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat on low speed just until blended. Stir in Key lime juice, lime zest, and vanilla extract. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes; remove cake from the pan to cool completely.
• While cake cools, combine powdered sugar, Key lime juice, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Immediately brush glaze over the top and sides of the cake.

SCRATCH MADE KEY LIME POUND CAKE RECIPE WITH KEY LIME GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch (12 cup) tube or bundt pan.
• Cream butter and shortening at medium speed with a heavy-duty mixer.
• Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time. Beat just until blended after each addition.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk. Begin and end with flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed until just blended after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour 25 to 30 minutes.
• Test doneness by inserting a long wooden pick or skewer into the center of cake. The cake is done when the skewer comes out clean or with dry crumbs.
• Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 25 to 30 minutes before inverting onto a serving tray to cool completely.
• While cake is cooling on tray, prepare glaze. Mix glaze ingredients together with a whisk and drizzle over cake.
• Store on countertop for 3 days or in refrigerator up to 7 days.

KEY LIME POUND CAKE WITH KEY LIME GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325* F.
• Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan.
• Mix together the flour and baking powder.
• Cream together butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in key lime juice and vanilla extract. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 90 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire rack. While warm, prick top of cake all over with a toothpick.
• Pour Key Lime Glaze over warm cake. Cool completely. Enjoy!
• Key Lime Glaze:.
• In small saucepan, combine sugar, butter and key lime juice.
• Bring to boil. Continue to boil, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Remove from heat.