Key Lime Pound Cake with Glaze Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Pound Cake Recipes. (Key Lime Pound Cake with Glaze Recipe). This is a variation of the recipe that was in the April 2011 Southern Living magazine. It is a very moist cake with a delicate Key lime taste--not too overpowering. The basic pound cake recipe is from my grandmother, who was well known for her pound cakes!

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 1hr30 mins

Additional: 15 mins

Total: 2hrs5 mins

Servings: 12

Yield: 1 10-inch cake

Key Lime Pound Cake with Glaze Recipe

Ingredients

3 cups white sugar

1 cup unsalted butter

softened

½ cup shortening

3 cups cake flour

sifted

½ teaspoon baking powder

⅛ teaspoon salt

6 large eggs

1 cup heavy cream

¼ cup Key lime juice

1 teaspoon lime zest

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup powdered sugar

2 tablespoons Key lime juice

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

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Dessert

Directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan; line with parchment paper.

Step 2

Beat white sugar butter and shortening together with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.

Step 3

Sift cake flour baking powder and salt together. Add flour mixture eggs and cream alternately to the butter mixture beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat on low speed just until blended. Stir in Key lime juice lime zest and vanilla extract. Pour into the prepared pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes; remove cake from the pan to cool completely.

Step 5

While cake cools combine powdered sugar Key lime juice and vanilla extract in a bowl. Immediately brush glaze over the top and sides of the cake.

Nutritional Information

Key Lime Pound Cake with Glaze Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:12

Calories: 682.8

% Daily Value *

Protein: 6.7g 13%

Carbohydrates: 89.9g 29%

Dietary Fiber: 0.7g 3%

Sugars: 60.7g

Fat: 34g 52%

Saturated Fat: 17.2g 86%

Cholesterol: 160.8mg 54%

Vitamin A Iu: 890.1IU 18%

Niacin Equivalents: 4mg 31%

Vitamin B6: 0.1mg 4%

Vitamin C: 2.8mg 5%

Folate: 80.5mcg 20%

Calcium: 49mg 5%

Iron: 3.1mg 17%

Magnesium: 11.3mg 4%

Potassium: 102.2mg 3%

Sodium: 90.2mg 4%

Thiamin: 0.3mg 34%

Calories From Fat: 306.3

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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