Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, key lime pound cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Key Lime Pound Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Key Lime Pound Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook key lime pound cake using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

1. Take 1 cup salted butter, softened
2. Prepare 1/2 cup shortening
3. Take 3 cups sugar
4. Make ready 6 large eggs
5. Make ready 3 cups all purpose flour
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp baking powder
7. Get 1 cup milk
8. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
9. Prepare 1 tsp lime zest
10. Prepare 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
11. Get For Key lime glaze:
12. Take 1 cup powdered sugar
13. Get 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
14. Take 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Cream together butter and shortening. Gradually add sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs one at a time beating until just blended.
3. Stir flour, baking soda together in separate bowl and add alternatively with milk by starting with flour and ending with flour until just blended. Do not over mix. Stir in lime juice, vanilla, and lime zest.
4. Pour batter into 10 inch greased and floured tube pan or fluted pan. Bake at 325°F for an hour and 15 minutes or until tooth pick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10-15 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack.
5. Mix together key lime glaze until smooth and pour over cake while warm.

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