Homemade glazed lime pound cake recipe that bakes up moist, dense and so soft thanks to buttermilk and lime yogurt! Perfectly sweet and tart with a bold lime glaze
Course cake, Dessert, pound cake
Cuisine American, southern
Keyword lemon, lime, moist, pound cake, southern
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour20 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour35 minutesminutes
Servings 12people
Calories
Author Divas Can Cook
Ingredients
3cupsall purpose flour
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonbaking powder
1/2cupbutter-flavored shortening
1cupbuttersoftened
3cupsgranulated sugar
6large eggsroom temperature
1/2cupbuttermilk
5ozlime flavored yogurt
2teaspoonsvanilla extractcan also use half lime extract and half vanilla extract
1/4cupfresh lime juice
2teaspoonsfresh lime zest
LIME GLAZEdouble recipe if you want to glaze the entire cake
1cuppowdered sugar
2-3tablespoonsfresh lime juice
1/2teaspoonlime zest
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 F.
Generously grease and flour a bundt pan. Set aside.
In a medium bowl sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl cream together shortening, butter and sugar.
Beat in eggs one at a time until batter is fluffy.
In a small bowl, mix together buttermilk and lime yogurt.
Alternate adding the buttermilk yogurt mix and the dry mixture into the wet batter.
Mix in vanilla extract, lime juice, and lime zest until well combined.
Spoon batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes. (I check the center edges with a wooden skewer to make sure it is completely done)
Let cake cool before gently removing from the pan.
When cake has cooled completely drizzle with glaze.
To make the glaze, mix together powdered sugar and enough lime juice to create a thick, yet pourable consistency (think Elmer's glue) Stir in lime zest.
Serve cake garnished with lime slices, a sprinkling of lime zest, and vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.