If you like the taste of Florida key limes, you’ll love this. The tangy taste of key limes matched with the sweetness of pound cake makes for a delightful dessert. Wait until your pour the key lime glaze on top!
If you don’t have access to Florida key limes, I recommend substituting regular limes.
If you don’t have access to Florida key limes, I recommend substituting regular limes.
Florida Key Lime Pound Cake
Cook time
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Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup butter-flavored shortening
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 6 large eggs, room temperature
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 5 oz lime flavored yogurt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (can also use half lime extract and half vanilla extract)
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons fresh lime zest
- LIME GLAZE (double recipe if you want to glaze the entire cake)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- ½ teaspoon lime zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- Generously grease and flour a bundt pan. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together shortening, butter and sugar.
- Beat in eggs one at a time until batter is fluffy.
- Mix in buttermilk and lime yogurt.
- Mix in vanilla extract, lime juice, and lime zest until well combined.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes. (I check the center edges with a wooden skewer to make sure it is completely done)
- Let cake cool before gently removing from the pan.
- When cake has cooled completely drizzle with glaze.
- To make the glaze, mix together powdered sugar and enough lime juice to create a thick, yet pourable consistency Stir in lime zest.
- Serve cake garnished with lime slices, a sprinkling of lime zest, and vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
