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This Key Lime Pound Cake Is Better Than Pie

Sweet and tart in the best of ways.

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Key lime pound cake

Ethan Calabrese

Pack the zesty flavor of key lime pie into this sweet loaf.

For the Pound Cake

  • 1 1/2c. (3 sticks) butter, softened
  • 1 (8-oz.) block cream cheese
  • 3 c. sugar
  • 5 large eggs
  • 3 tbsp. lime juice
  • 3 c. all-purpose flour
  • Zest of 1 lime

For the Glaze

  • 1 c. powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. lime juice
  • 2 tbsp. water
  • 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • Zest of 1 lime

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Make the cake: In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Mix in sugar, then gradually add in eggs 1 to 2 at a time, beating on low until combined.
  3. Mix in lime juice, then flour. Fold in lime zest.
  4. Grease 4 mini loaf pans and pour in cake batter until each one is about 3/4 full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean, 43 to 45 minutes. (If you don’t have mini loaf pans, you can grease and fill a bundt pan and bake 70 to 73 minutes.) Let cool for 15 minutes.
  5. Make the glaze: Whisk together powdered sugar, lime juice, water and vanilla. (If the glaze is too thick, add extra water, about a teaspoon at a time.) Pour on top of cooled pound cake, then top with lime zest and serve.

Yields: 6 Prep Time: 20 mins Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

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This post originally appeared on Good Housekeeping and was published May 14, 2020. This article is republished here with permission.

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