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Key Lime Pound Cake
Bright, tangy Key Lime Pound Cake with a rich, ultra-moist crumb and a glossy citrus glaze. Every slice bursts with fresh lime juice and fragrant zest for a sunshine-in-a-bite moment. It’s the one I keep sneaking slivers of while it cools.
Ingredients
Glaze
Instructions
- Step 1
Preheat the oven to 300℉.
- Step 2
Grease and flour a 9-10 inch Bundt cake pan.
- Step 3
Beat the sugar, butter, and shortening with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Step 4
Whisk together the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl.
- Step 5
Beat the eggs, heavy cream, key lime juice, lime zest, and vanilla extract into the butter mixture.
- Step 6
Beat in the flour mixture just until combined.
- Step 7
Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Step 8
Bake at 300℉ for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Step 9
Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan to cool completely.
- Step 10
When the cake is cooled, make the glaze.
Glaze
- Step 11
In a bowl, whisk the powdered sugar, key lime juice, and vanilla extract.
- Step 12
Immediately spoon the glaze over the top and side of the cake.
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