Key Lime Pound Cake
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.
Servings 12 servings
Calories 563kcal
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE
- 1 cup butter 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.
- 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.
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
