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Key Lime Pound Cake

Key Lime Pound Cake

A perfectly dense, fine crumb pound cake flavored with lime zest and Key lime juice.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16 slices
Calories 471 kcal

Equipment

  • Heavy-duty electric stand mixer
  • 10-inch solid tube pan
  • wire rack

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 1 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 0.5 cup shortening
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 6 whole eggs, at room temperature
  • 3 cups flour
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.125 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon lime zest
  • 0.25 cup fresh Key lime juice

Frosting

  • 1.5 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1.5 tablespoons fresh Key lime juice
  • 1.5 tablespoons water
  • 2 teaspoons melted butter
  • 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • 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.
  • Whisk 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 solid tube pan.
  • Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack.
  • Whisk together powdered sugar, Key lime juice, water, melted butter, and vanilla until smooth.
  • Scrape the frosting into a quart Ziploc bag, seal, and snip the tip off one corner. Drizzle back and forth over the top of the cake.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Southern Living. Make sure your baking powder is fresh and active. It isn't used as much as baking soda and will need to be replaced if near the expiration date or your cake may not rise properly.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 471kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 5gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 106mgSodium: 162mgFiber: 1gSugar: 48g
Keyword cake, Dessert, Key Lime Pound Cake, Lime Dessert, Pound Cake
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