Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, key lime pound cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Key Lime Pound Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Key Lime Pound Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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

Steps 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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