Key Largo Key Lime Pound Cake With Key Lime Glaze Recipes

SCRATCH MADE KEY LIME POUND CAKE RECIPE WITH KEY LIME GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch (12 cup) tube or bundt pan.
• Cream butter and shortening at medium speed with a heavy-duty mixer.
• Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time. Beat just until blended after each addition.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk. Begin and end with flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed until just blended after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour 25 to 30 minutes.
• Test doneness by inserting a long wooden pick or skewer into the center of cake. The cake is done when the skewer comes out clean or with dry crumbs.
• Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 25 to 30 minutes before inverting onto a serving tray to cool completely.
• While cake is cooling on tray, prepare glaze. Mix glaze ingredients together with a whisk and drizzle over cake.
• Store on countertop for 3 days or in refrigerator up to 7 days.

KEY LIME POUND CAKE WITH GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan; line with parchment paper.
• Beat white sugar, butter, and shortening together with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

KEY LARGO KEY LIME POUND CAKE WITH KEY LIME GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, beat 1 cup of butter, shortening and 2 cups of sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, blending each one thoroughly. Combine the flour and baking powder, stir into the batter alternating with the milk, vanilla and 1/2 cup of key lime juice. Pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the crown of the cake comes out clean, about 90 minutes.
• While the cake is baking, make the glaze in a small bowl. Stir together 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter and key lime juice. When the cake is done, invert it onto a wire rack while still warm, but not straight out of the oven. Poke several times with a skewer or toothpick. Pour the glaze over the warm cake allowing it to seep into the holes. Allow the cake to cool completely before serving.

KEY LARGO KEY LIME POUND CAKE WITH KEY LIME GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, beat 1 cup of butter, shortening and 2 cups of sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, blending each one thoroughly. Combine the flour and baking powder, stir into the batter alternating with the milk, vanilla and 1/2 cup of key lime juice. Pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the crown of the cake comes out clean, about 90 minutes.
• While the cake is baking, make the glaze in a small bowl. Stir together 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter and key lime juice. When the cake is done, invert it onto a wire rack while still warm, but not straight out of the oven. Poke several times with a skewer or toothpick. Pour the glaze over the warm cake allowing it to seep into the holes. Allow the cake to cool completely before serving.