
Key Lime Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cbutter
2 sticks
- 5 cshortening
- 3 csugar
- 6 largeeggs
- 3 call-purpose flour
- 5 tspbaking powder
- 125 tspsalt
- 1 cmilk
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- 1 tsplime zest
- 25 cfresh Key lime juice
- 1 cpowdered sugar
- 2 tbspfresh Key lime juice
- 5 tspvanilla extract
Directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour a 10-inch (12-cup) tube pan. 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.
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- 2
Stir 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 the greased and floured 10-inch (12-cup) tube pan.
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- 3
Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.
- 4
Whisk together powdered sugar, fresh Key lime juice, and vanilla until smooth. Use immediately.
- 5
Brush Key Lime Glaze over top and sides of cake immediately after preparing. Cool completely (about 1 hour).

Key Lime Pound Cake
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