KEY LIME POUND CAKE

By á-40406

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• 1 cup butter (softened)
• 1/2 cup shortening (I use Crisco)
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon key lime zest
• 1/2 cup key lime juice

Preparation

Step 1

Directions:
 
Preheat oven to 325 F.  Beat butter and shortening at medium speed, or 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.
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, key lime zest and key lime juice.  Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (12-cup) tube pan.
Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes (I had to bake mine for 1 and 30 minutes for my oven), or until a long wooded pick inserted in the center of cake comes out clean.  Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes, remove from pan to a wire rack.
Prepare Key Lime Glace, and immediately brush over top and sides of cake.  Cool completely (about 1 hour).
 
Key Lime Glaze
 
1 cup confectioner sugar
2 Tablespoons key lime juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Mix all ingredients together and brush over top and sides of cake.