Key Lime Pound Cake With Key Lime Glaze

Submitted by Sharon123

"A great recipe using Key limes, from Key West, of couse! Adapted from Florida Keys Treasures."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 1 pound cake

ingredients

• 236.59 ml butter
• 118.29 ml vegetable shortening
• 473.18 ml white sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 709.77 ml white flour (unbleaced)
• 2.46 ml baking powder
• 118.29 ml whole milk
• 118.29 ml key lime juice
• 7.39 ml vanilla extract

• Glaze

• 59.14 ml white sugar
• 59.14 ml butter
• 44.37 ml key lime juice

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325* F.
2. Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan.
3. Mix together the flour and baking powder.
4. Cream together butter, shortening and 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 key lime juice and vanilla extract. Pour batter into prepared pan.
5. Bake in a preheated oven for 90 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire rack. While warm, prick top of cake all over with a toothpick.
6. Pour Key Lime Glaze over warm cake. Cool completely. Enjoy!
7. Key Lime Glaze:.
8. In small saucepan, combine sugar, butter and key lime juice.
9. Bring to boil. Continue to boil, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Remove from heat.

Reviews

[grantg]

Positively delicious Key Lime flavor. USE the sugar! Splenda is almost worthless for baking IMO... even the baking blend with sugar can give IFFY results... and I am a diabetic! Just use a little restraint and DO NOT eat the whole cake at one sitting. An alternative lifestyle for diabetics that I've adopted... savor such delicious indulgences in small servings and GIVE AWAY half (or more) to friends! They will love you all the more... and maybe invite you over for dinner!

 

[Lou6566]

I gave it a 4 star because it didn't raise any at all. It ended up sorta gummy but I am sure that was my fault. I'm going to try it again soon. But taste wise, it deserved a 5 star rating. I used splenda instead of sugar, so maybe that was my mistake. Hope someone can tell me. I recomend it to anyone at all far as taste goes. Its delicious!

 

[cuppycakes]

Really don't know how to say this but this is not good - bland and blah.

 

[kaydee442]

This cake has a great flavor, was more dense than I thought it would be. I did substitute butter for the 1/2 cup shortening because I use butter in all my other pound cakes. I also used cake flour to give it a lighter texture. My glaze was wonderful, I added 4 oz. cream cheese and substituted powdered sugar for the white sugar and also added a little key lime zest along with the juice and a 1-2 tablespoons of milk. Everyone found it to be delicious.