Scratch Made Key Lime Pound Cake Recipe with Key Lime Glaze

Scratch made Key Lime Pound Cake Recipe with Key Lime Glaze is a wonderfully tart and sweet pound cake. It’s moist with a fine crumb and dense texture characteristic of pound cakes. It’s a delicious twist to a traditional Southern pound cake recipe. This is the perfect cake for spring and summer!

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Scratch Made Key Lime Pound Cake Recipe with Key Lime Glaze

Nothing beats the rich, buttery flavor of a homemade pound cake and Scratch Made Key Lime Pound Cake Recipe with Key Lime Glaze is no exception. Give your traditional pound cake recipe a break and try this one. It’s full of bright citrus flavor that you’re sure to love. One bite and you’ll be reminded of that favorite beach destination!

Until now, I’ve made somewhat traditional Pound Cake recipes in my series for testing Pound Cakes. (You can get every pound cake reicpe here.) I shared Whipping Cream Pound Cake, Cream Cheese Pound Cake, and Sour Cream Pound Cake. Today I’m sharing a unique, but equally as good pound cake.

Tips

1. When it comes to measuring flour, a cup is not always a cup. Sifting is a must. Please read this post on how to correctly measure flour.
2. This pound cake is dense and moist. The batter is thick and it takes a long time to bake. I baked it at 325 degrees F for 1 hour and 30 minutes. That low, slow baking makes this pound cake ‘crusty’ on the outside and with a soft, tender texture and small crumb inside. You’ll be tempted to take the cake out at 1 hour and 15 minutes because the outside is golden brown. Do not. Test it carefully (without moving the cake too much) with a small, long wooden skewer. The cake is done with no crumbs or dry crumbs are on the skewer.
3. It takes a little patience to make. You’ll need to cream the butter and sugar until it’s light and fluffy. This is a must.
4. Also, add the eggs one at a time. You may want to dump them all in at once but resist the urge.
5. Finally, allow the cake to cool at least 20 to 30 minutes in the pan before inverting it onto a platter.

How do you make a pound cake?

1. One of the most important tips is to Calibrate your oven.
2. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. The color will a pale yellow. You must use real butter. Margarine will not have the same results.
3. Next, mix in the room temperature eggs one at a time until they disappear into the batter.
4. The next step is to add the room temperature milk alternately with the flour until mixed together and smooth. Room temperature ingredients are a must for a fluffy cake.
5. Pour the batter into a well greased baking pan and bake until cooked through.

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Scratch Made Key Lime Pound Cake Recipe with Key Lime Glaze

Scratch Made Key Lime Pound Cake Recipe with Key Lime Glaze is a bright and moist pound cake that is sure to please your palate. Full of flavor, this dessert is great for entertaining.

Author: Paula

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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 servings

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Equipment

• electric stand mixer
• silicone spatula
• cake release
• cake thermometer
• bundt pan
• tube pan

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE

• 1 cup butter at room temperature no substitutions
• ½ cup Crisco shortening
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 6 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour sifted (read my tips on how to correctly measure flour)
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup whole milk 1% or 2% may be used, but cake will not be as rich
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 and ½ teaspoon lime zest regular limes can be used
• ⅓ cup Nellie & Joe’s Key West Lime Juice regular limes can be used

KEY LIME GLAZE

• 1 and ½ cups powdered sugar (aka confectioners) sift before measuring
• 3 tablespoons Nellie & Joe’s Key West Lime Juice
• ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

• 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.

Notes

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Nutrition

Calories: 563kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 124mg | Sodium: 200mg | Potassium: 112mg | Sugar: 51g | Vitamin A: 625IU | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 1.9mg

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.

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