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Lime Pound Cake

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.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2 loaves
Author: Laura

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 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