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Key Lime Pound Cake

Source of Recipe

David


List of Ingredients

KEY LIME POUND CAKE FROM DAVID

Cake:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups white sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup Florida Key West Key Lime Juice
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Glaze:
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup butter
3 tbs Florida Key West Key Lime Juice





Recipe

Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan. Mix together the flour and
baking
powder. Cream together butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat
in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk,
mixing just until incorporated. Stir in key lime juice and vanilla extract. Pour
batter into prepared pan. Bake in a preheated oven for 90 minutes or until a toothpick
inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan 10 minutes.
Turn it out onto wire rack. While warm, prick top of cake with toothpick. Pour Key
Lime Glaze over warm cake. Cool completely.

Key Lime Glaze:
In small saucepan, combine sugar, butter and key lime juice. Bring to boil. Continue
to boil,
stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Remove from heat.