Key Lime Pound Cake

By ghudsontx

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
• 1/4 cup key lime juice
• Key Lime Glaze
• 1 cup confectioner sugar
• 2 Tablespoons key lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 150mins
Adapted from rosettabakes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cake
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 Directions

Mix all ingredients together and brush over top and sides of cake.