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Key Lime Pound Cake by Amanda

April 20, 2011 By Rhoda 24 Comments

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Today, I’ve got a guest blogger stopping by.  Amanda with Serenity Now, is a stay at home mom of 2 from Virginia.  I can’t remember when I met Amanda, but she is one of the sweetest mom bloggers around.  She is always encouraging and has uplifting things to say and that’s the kind of person I love to be around!  Thanks Amanda, for coming by and sharing this delish recipe today!  That Southern Living magazine full of pound cakes sure did get a lot of us drooling over them. 🙂

I come from a long and proud line of chocolate addicts. Our motto is “it’s not really dessert unless there’s chocolate in it.”

I surprised myself when my mouth watered a little bit as I read Southern Living’s recipe for Key Lime Pound Cake. It’s a well-known fact that just about any recipe you find in that magazine’s pages will be delectable, so I took the time to document my first try with this recipe. I’m so glad I did!

Key Lime Pound Cake
from Southern Living

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups sugar
6 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1 cup milk (I used whole because that’s what my girls drink, and I had it on hand)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. lime zest
1/4 cup fresh Key lime juice (as you can see, I used bottled lime juice)
–Key Lime Glaze

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with a heavy duty electric stand mixer until creamy. (This was interesting. I seldom use my Kitchen Aid stand mixer because I have a delusional fear of losing a finger in the attachments)

Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until just blended after each addition.

2. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until just blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice.

3. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch (12 cup) tube pan. Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack (I moved mine to the cake plate so it would hold more glaze)

4. Prepare Key Lime Glaze (whisk together 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 Tbsp. fresh Key lime juice, and 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract until smooth. Use immediately). Immediately brush over top and sides of cake. Cool completely. (About 1 hour)

I doubled the Glaze recipe (and added extra lime juice) because what I first prepared didn’t look like enough to cover the cake.

I was so pleased with the results!

The cake was moist, dense, and had the perfect mix of sweet and tart. This is what I had left over the night after I served it at a party!

I guess the photo speaks for itself? This is a perfect addition to a Spring brunch or Easter buffet. Easy to make, and even easier to gobble up.
Thank so much to Rhoda for sharing her blog with me. Southern Hospitality was one of the first blogs I started reading, and I’ve learned an awful lot about gracious blogging from Rhoda!
I hope you’ll stop by and visit me at Serenity Now. I blog about crafts, recipes, decorating, thrifty finds, and the slightly organized chaos that is my life as at stay-at-home mom.

Happy Baking!

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  1. laura @ the shorehouse says

    April 29, 2011 at 2:05 am

    And by my new issue I mean of Southern LIVING. But it’s the recipes on Southern HOSPITALITY that are always delish. Sometimes dangerously delish (I’m looking at you biscuit donuts. 🙂

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  2. Beatrice says

    November 20, 2015 at 7:37 pm

    I made this pound cake it was awesome real moist not heavy made five of them

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  3. La Toya says

    July 13, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    I made this for a Graduation Dinner. It was simply amazing. It was so flavorful. I put a dash of orange juice, simply limeade, and just a touch of lime jello to it also. I was told you could taste several levels of lime in the cake. Thanks for posting this recipe.

    ~Toya
    Moore’s Tastee Treats

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