Recipe: Tasty Key Lime Pound Cake

Key Lime Pound Cake.

You can cook Key Lime Pound Cake using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Key Lime Pound Cake

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

Key Lime Pound Cake step by step

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..