Key Lime Daiquiri Pound Cake Recipes

KEY LIME POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lime zest, vanilla and lime juice. Add flour alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Transfer to prepared pan. , Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, lime zest and lime juice until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spread over cake. If desired, garnish with lime slices and additional zest.

KEY LIME POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (12-cup) tube pan.
• Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.
• Prepare Key Lime Glaze: Whisk together powdered sugar, fresh Key lime juice, and vanilla until smooth. Use immediately.
• Brush Key Lime Glaze over top and sides of cake immediately after preparing. Cool completely (about 1 hour).

KEY LIME POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 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.

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 DAIQUIRI POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Mix together the flour and baking powder.
• In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter, shortening, and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated.
• Stir in 2 tablespoons of rum, key lime zest, 2 teaspoons key lime juice, vanilla and lemon juice.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 90 minutes, or until tests done.
• Allow to cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Turn it out onto wire rack.
• While warm, prick top of cake with toothpick.
• Pour Key Lime Daiquiri Glaze over the warm cake.
• Cool completely.
• To make Glaze: In small saucepan, combine ¼ cup sugar, ¼ cup butter and 2 tablespoons key lime juice.
• Bring to boil.
• Continue boiling, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in 3 tablespoons rum.

KEY LIME CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 X 13-inch dish, and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, mix the Lime Jello, sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda until completely blended.
• Add the oil, Key Lime Juice, vanilla, eggs, and lime green food coloring. Mix until well blended.
• Pour the batter into the greased and floured 9 X 13 dish.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove the cake to a wire rack to completely cool.
• When the cake is cooled, make the icing.
• Cream together the butter and cream cheese, until smooth and creamy.
• Add the powdered sugar, a little at a time, until all the powdered sugar is added, mixing between additions.
• Mix until the icing is smooth and creamy.
• Add a few drops of lemon juice at the very end of mixing, just to give the icing a fresh flavor.
• Ice the cake with the icing, and sprinkle a few crushed graham cracker crumbs on top - or you can top with green sugars.
• Add a slice of lime, serve, and Enjoy! Makes approximately 12 - 15 pieces.