Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, key lime pound cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Key Lime Pound Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Key Lime Pound Cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Our Key Lime Pound Cake somehow manages to be both substantial and airy—it's a textural dream. It's also infused with the zesty zing of fresh Key limes.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have key lime pound cake using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

1. Take 1 cup salted butter, softened
2. Take 1/2 cup shortening
3. Take 3 cups sugar
4. Get 6 large eggs
5. Make ready 3 cups all purpose flour
6. Get 1/2 tsp baking powder
7. Get 1 cup milk
8. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
9. Take 1 tsp lime zest
10. Get 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
11. Take For Key lime glaze:
12. Prepare 1 cup powdered sugar
13. Make ready 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
14. Prepare 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

It's a sweet, moist pound cake, but not quite as dense as most pound cakes, which made it feel like you're eating a little lighter. Add prepared Key Lime pound cake batter into bundt pan. Spread around as even as possible using the back of a spoon. Shake pan slightly and tap it on to table to make batter more even.

Instructions to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Cream together butter and shortening. Gradually add sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs one at a time beating until just blended.
3. Stir flour, baking soda together in separate bowl and add alternatively with milk by starting with flour and ending with flour until just blended. Do not over mix. Stir in lime juice, vanilla, and lime zest.
4. Pour batter into 10 inch greased and floured tube pan or fluted pan. Bake at 325°F for an hour and 15 minutes or until tooth pick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10-15 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack.
5. Mix together key lime glaze until smooth and pour over cake while warm.

Simply combine Key lime juice with powdered sugar and vanilla extract, then pour over your cooled pound cake. You can prepare the cake in a tube pan, a loaf pan or a Bundt cake pan. This Key Lime Cake recipe is a perfect balance of sweet and tart just like a key lime pie! Each moist and tender yet dense bite of this pound cake is packed with citrus flavor then topped with a delicious cream cheese glaze. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.

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