Lime Pound Cake
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What do you do when you’re gifted a gallon bag of limes that need to be used immediately?!? Juice them all, zest what you can, and make this extraordinary Lime Pound Cake.
I’d been playing with a lemon pound cake for a while but once I had a bag of limes I decided why not just go ahead and try making a lime cake.
If I had a bag of lemons I would have definitely made this Lemon Drop Martini after testing lemon cake all day!
Lime Pound Cake
YES, that was a good decision! Seriously this pound cake is based on Ina Garten’s so you know it’s good. Worth the time and effort, which are actually minimal, and unusual enough for people to be tempted into trying a bite.
One of my friends had a gallon bag of limes that were at the use it or lose it stage in their life and she didn’t have time to use them. She offered them up and I snapped them up. I wasn’t sure what I would use them for but I knew I’d put them to good use.
What to do with Limes?
As I found out when I asked on Facebook lots of people had great ideas for using up a lot of limes.
- juice
- Then zest
- Margaritas
- lime curd
- lime aid
- fajitas
Do Not Double This Recipe
I made a double batch of this recipe for friends. It makes 10 mini loaves if you double the recipe. BUT on that note, I wouldn’t double the recipe because my 6-quart mixer struggled to incorporate everything really well.
It wasn’t BAD but I had a few loaves that didn’t turn out quite right when I doubled it. I’m assuming the butter and eggs portion didn’t mix well with the flour and buttermilk additions. It only affected a few loaves and I kept those for us. So if you want 10 loaves, make the recipe twice, and save yourself a hassle.
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Lime Pound Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups Sugar
- 3 limes
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup buttermilk or 1 TBSP vinegar plus enough milk to equal 3/4 cups
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350˚
- generously grease two 9×5 loaf pans
- in the bowl of a stand mixer beat butter and sugar for 5 minutes or until it's light and fluffy
- while it's beating zest the limes and then juice them
- add the lime zest to the sugar mixture
- add eggs mixing well after each addition
- stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl, make sure to scraped off the beater as well, the lime zest has a tendency to get hung up on it
- mix the flour with the baking soda and baking powder
- mix the milk with a 1/4 cup of the lime juice, reserve the rest of the lime juice for the icing
- add 1/4 of the flour mix to the mixing bowl, follow it with 1/3 of the liquid, repeat beginning and ending with the flour, pulse between addition
- scraped down the bowl and mix by hand a few times to make sure everything is well combined
- divide the batter between the greased loaf pans
- bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- cool for 15 minutes, then remove from the pans and cool completely
- once cooled mix the two cups of powdered sugar with 2-3 Tablespoons of the leftover lime juice for a glaze, start with the smallest amount adding small amounts until the glaze is thin enough to drizzle and thick enough to cling
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I love pound cake! And definitely a good use of all those limes 🙂
I’d be more than willing to help polish this gorgeous little pound cake off!
This looks perfect- the icing! This sounds so good- I adore lime, so maybe a twice-made batch is in my future!
Hi, what size loaf pans are you referring to? 9×5?
To make the Lime Pound Cake recipe I am using 9×5 pans!
My first time making lime pound cake and it turned out so so good.Thank you very much.
What kind of flour? All purpose? Cake flour?
All-Purpose!
Lemon cake? Yes. Lime cake? Even better! Calamansi juice is one of my favorites because it’s so fresh, so this cake is definitely a must-try!