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Mile High Key Lime Pound Cake Recipe

Mile High Key Lime Pound Cake Recipe
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This Mile High Key Lime Pound Cake is a towering, ultra-buttery, dense, and incredibly moist dessert infused with fresh key lime zest and finished with a sweet-tart lime glaze. It’s a bright and zesty Southern treat with the perfect citrus twist!

Ingredients

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For the Cake:

  • 1 ½ cups (340g) unsalted butter, room temp
  • 3 cups (600g) granulated sugar
  • 6 large eggs, room temp
  • 3 cups (360g) all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¾ cup (180ml) whole milk
  • ¼ cup (60ml) fresh key lime juice
  • 1 tbsp key lime zest
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the Glaze:

  • 1 ½ cups (180g) powdered sugar
  • 2–3 tbsp key lime juice
  • 1 tsp key lime zest (for topping)

Instructions

  1. Prep Oven: Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C). Grease and flour a tall tube pan or bundt pan.
  2. Cream Butter & Sugar: In a large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar gradually, beating well for 3–5 minutes.
  3. Add Eggs: Beat in eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides.
  4. Mix Dry & Wet: In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In another, combine milk, lime juice, zest, and vanilla.
  5. Combine: Alternately add dry and wet ingredients to the butter mixture, starting and ending with flour. Mix until just combined.
  6. Bake: Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Cool & Glaze: Cool in pan 15 mins, then invert onto a rack. Once fully cooled, whisk glaze ingredients and drizzle over cake. Sprinkle zest on top.

Notes

  • Let the cake rest overnight for best texture.
  • Substitute with regular lime juice if key limes aren’t available.
  • Store covered at room temp for up to 4 days.

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Keywords: Key Lime, Pound Cake, Dessert, Southern, Citrus

Find it online: https://mbeams.com/mile-high-key-lime-pound-cake-recipe/