15 to 20 servings
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.
What you’ll need
Swan’s down Cake Flour or All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Salt
Sugar
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
5 Large eggs (Room temp)
Heavy Cream (Room temp)
Sour cream (Room temp)
Whole milk (Room temp)
1 Lime
Vanilla extract
Butter extract
Lime extract
Confectioners sugar
Green Gel paste or liquid food coloring
Tools you’ll need
Baker’s Joy Non-Stick baking spray
Nordic Ware Anniversary Bundt pan (15 cup Capacity)
Cooling rack
Preparation of dry ingredients
Step 1- Sift 3 cups All purpose flour or Cake flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together. Set aside.
Preparation of lime
Step 2- Rinse, zest and cut lime in half. Juice both halves of the Lime. Take lime juice and pour it into a mesh strainer with a cup underneath it and set aside.
Preparation of wet ingredients
Step 3- In a separate medium sized bowl add 1 cup heavy cream (Room temp), 1/4 cup sour cream (Room temp), 1/4 cup lime juice, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons butter extract, 2 teaspoons Lime extract, and 1/8 teaspoon green gel paste or liquid food coloring. Stir with whisk until combined. Set aside.
Preparation of cake batter
Step 4- In a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, add 3 sticks unsalted butter (Room temp), and 3 cups sugar. Mix on high speed for 5 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 5-Add 5 large eggs (Room temp) in one at a time while mixing on a medium speed. Be careful not to over mix.
Step 6-Add 1/4 cup lime zest, 1 cup All purpose flour or cake flour mixture and 1/2 cup Sour Cream mixture. Mix on a medium low speed until combined.
Step 7-Add 1 cup All-purpose flour or cake flour mixture and 1/2 cup Sour cream mixture. Mix on a medium low speed until combined.
Step 8-Add 1 cup All purpose flour or cake flour mixture and 1/2 cup Sour cream mixture. Mix on a medium low speed until combined.
Baking your cake
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Step 9- Spray bundt pan with Baker’s joy non stick baking spray. Add prepared Key Lime pound cake batter into bundt pan. Spread around as even as possible using the back of a spoon. Shake pan slightly and tap it on to table to make batter more even.
Step 10- Place into a preheated 325 degree oven. Bake for 1 hour and 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 11- Remove Key Lime pound cake out of oven. Tooth pick inserted into pound cake should come out clean. Let pound cake cool for 2 hours. After 2 hours, Flip pound cake onto cooling rack and let cool completely.
Making the Glaze
Note- If icing is too thin, add 1 to 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar and stir with whisk until creamy and smooth. If icing is too thick you can place into into microwave for 5 to 10 seconds or add 2 teaspoons warm whole milk and stir until combined.
Step 12- In a small bowl add 1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar, 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, 2 tablespoons warm whole milk, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1/4 teaspoon butter extract 1/8 teaspoon lime extract. Stir until creamy and smooth. Once done dip toothpick into gel paste or liquid food coloring and add into icing. Swirl toothpick in icing and stir with whisk until combined.
Step 13- Transfer pound cake on to cake pad or serving dish. Pour glaze on top of pound cake. Let set for 15 minutes before serving.
YouTube instructional video
