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!
Servings 8 servings
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.