Recipe: Delicious Key Lime Pound Cake

Key Lime Pound Cake.

You can have Key Lime Pound Cake using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Key Lime Pound Cake

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

Key Lime Pound Cake instructions

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..