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Homemade Key Lime Pound Cake

2/1/18

This key lime pound cake is made with fresh fruit juice and zest. It’s completely homemade and perfect for any occasion!

Key Lime Pound Cake with a sweet vanilla glaze

I’ve been getting so many request for a homemade key lime pound cake! I think that the recipe request started pouring in since the beginning of summer 2016. Must admit, that I had to play around with a few recipes, before I could bring you the perfect key lime pound cake. Some of the recipe for this cake we’re kind of “blah”, some we’re good, but I was looking for spectacular. I think one of the best recipes that I tried (before this one anyway) was southern livings key lime pound cake. Although I loved the recipe, I decided to switch out, and add some ingredients to make the perfect key lime cake recipe.

This light and moist key lime pound cake is a sinfully sweet dessert

This pound cake is made from scratch. This is not a key lime bundt cake with lime jello. Yeah, it sounds good, but we’re going skip out on the gelatin. For now anyway….

I have plenty of delicious cake recipes to try! Check out these fan favorites:

Southern Lemon Pound Cake
Cherry 7Up Pound Cake
Southern Sock It To Me Cake
Southern Cream Cheese Pound Cake

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Homemade from Scratch Key Lime Pound Cake with Vanilla Icing

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Key Lime Pound Cake

This key lime pound cake is a tart, sweet dessert that is indulgent but light and fresh. Completely homemade and perfect for any occasion!
Course Dessert / Treat
Cuisine American
Keyword Key Lime Pound Cake
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 25 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Author I Heart Recipes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter at room temperature unsalted
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 7 medium eggs at room temperature
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour sifted
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup half & half
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp key lime or regular lime zest
  • 1/3 cup key lime juice or regular lime juice

Glaze

  • 1 and 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3 tbsp fresh Key lime juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 F.
  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • Grease and flour a bundt or tube pan.
  • In a separate large mixing bowl combine the butter and shortening on medium speed until nice and creamy.
  • Slow staring adding in the sugar.
  • Add each egg, one at a time.
  • Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternating with the half & half.
  • Reduce the mixers speed from medium to low
  • Stir in vanilla extract, lime zest, and lime juice.
  • Pour the batter into prepared pan.
  • Make sure the batter is even in the pan.
  • Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, or until done
  • Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 25 to 30 minutes before removing from the pan
  • Combine the ingredients for the icing.
  • When the cake is at room temperature, ice the cake.
  • Serve & enjoy.

Notes

if you’d like the cake to have some “color”, add a few drops of green food coloring.

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Comments

  1. Eunice Morrissette says

    February 1, 2018 at 3:25 pm

    5 stars
    THIS CAKE IS DELICIOUS. HAS BECOME MY FAMILY’S FAVORITE. THANKS FOR SHARING.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 1, 2018 at 4:00 pm

      Thanks for coming by!

      Reply
      • Denise Brown says

        February 16, 2018 at 10:01 am

        Rosie you saved me when my mom died 4yrs ago. I still am shaky cook but I’m gaining confidence I love how you’ve legitimized me! I’ve found you on you tube first, i’ll follow you 4ever. Genuinely love you

        Reply
        • Rosie says

          February 16, 2018 at 7:47 pm

          Hi Denise!! I’m sorry about your loss. I’m glad that you found me on YouTube! XOXO

          Reply
  2. Jackie says

    February 1, 2018 at 10:26 pm

    Hi Rosie

    How many large eggs can I use in this recipe, I don’t buy medium eggs.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 4, 2018 at 11:22 am

      Hi Jackie. Try 6.

      Reply
  3. Christy Mose says

    February 2, 2018 at 6:08 pm

    5 stars
    I’m always impressed with how simple you make cooking and your recipes are delicious!!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 4, 2018 at 11:20 am

      Thanks Christy!

      Reply
  4. Sharon C says

    February 5, 2018 at 9:51 am

    5 stars
    Hi Rosie! I adore key lime and your recipe showed up just in time for me to make and bring it to a Super Bowl party. It was a hit – even with my 18-month-old niece! She sat right up in her highchair and was stuffing her face with little cubes of it. The cake was moist and delicious and came out of the pan very nicely. I will definitely make this again – 5 stars all the way! Thank you for another great recipe.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 5, 2018 at 5:09 pm

      Thanks for trying Sharon!

      Reply
  5. Goldie Taylor says

    February 7, 2018 at 12:10 pm

    I didn’t see in the instructions for adding the half & half. Please advise me on this ingredient.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 7, 2018 at 4:47 pm

      Step 7 🙂

      Reply
  6. Goldie Taylor says

    February 7, 2018 at 7:29 pm

    Thank you

    Reply
  7. Kim Lambert says

    March 16, 2018 at 8:40 am

    My family loves key lime anything. I a going to try this recipe but make it gluten free with a cup-4-cup gluten free flour. This is so exciting. Thank you for sharing. It all looks so wonderful. Didn’t know where to start til I saw this recipe. I’m just south of Seattle. It’s a nice place to live.

    Reply
  8. Ann says

    February 6, 2020 at 3:11 pm

    5 stars
    This cake is very, very good. One of the best pound cakes in my cake files. I am a serious baker that sells homemade cakes, cookies and tea cakes.
    I did not deviate from the recipe, but I could barely taste the key lime. I wanted a more intense key lime flavor so the following day I made a syrup of key lime juice and sugar, punched holes all over the cake and poured it over the cake. I also brushed the bottom of the cake and the sides of the cake with the syrup.
    Now it has the same flavor as a key lime pie. Wow! To die for.
    Thanks for this wonderful recipe.

    Reply
  9. Joycelyn R Weaver says

    July 28, 2020 at 4:55 pm

    Love all of your recipes

    Reply

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