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Key Lime Pound Cake

Key Lime Pound Cake-a nice change up from the same old lemon!

Key Lime Pound Cake-a nice change up from the same old lemon!

So who gets all green for St. Patty’s Day? Honestly, I’m really not that into the holiday. When we were kids it was fun to go around pinching people who forgot to wear green but otherwise…it’s just another day. There is a big bonus to the holiday and that the food. I love any excuse to eat special food, especially sweets so I was all in when Jen from Jen’s Favorite Cookies invited me to participate in a St. Patty’s post.

We have this little cupcake bakery here in town. They make the most unbelievable Key Lime Cupcakes. I’d eat them by the dozen if I could afford to. Sadly, the bakery has overhead, blah, blah, blah and one cupcake is about $2.50. Two cupcakes for $5.00, sorry, no way. And they’re tiny. The cake part doesn’t even fill up the paper wrapper. I’m glad they’re doing well, I do try to support local, I’m just not going to shell out the bucks for something I can make myself.


I’m still trying to replicate their cupcakes but I did come up with this fantastic Pound Cake. The flavor is almost identical to those sweet little cupcakes. The cake is just denser, definitely a pound cake. I even found real Key Lime Juice at the store so I didn’t have to squeeze harm any Key Limes in the making of this cake.

Be sure to check out all the other wonderful recipes my friends have made for St. Patty’s.

 

1. Key Lime Pound Cake by Joan at Chocolate Chocolate & More

2. Mini Banoffee Pie Tarts by Kelly at Kelly Bakes
3. Chocolate Bailey’s MousseTart from Nancy at Gotta Get Baked
4. Irish Carbomb Cupcakes from Susan at Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
5. Pistachio Caramel Cookies from Jen at Jen’s Favorite Cookies
6. Guinness Stout Mini Bundt Cake from Shanna at Pineapple and Coconut
8. Bailey’s Irish Cream Cheese Trifle from Anita at Hungry Couple NYC
9. Key Lime Pie Ice Cream from Renee at Magnolia Days
10. Pistachio Mousse Cups from Kim at Cravings of a Lunatic
11. Irish Eggs Benedict from Isabelle Crumb Blog
12. St. Patrick’s Day Cookie Stack from Angie at Big Bears Wife
13. Guinness Chocolate Cake from Jen at Juanita’s Cocina
14. Irish Potato Oatmeal Bread from Sarah at What Smells So Good
Key Lime Pound Cake-a nice change up from the same old lemon!
 
 

Key Lime Pound Cake

Key Lime Pound Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1/3 cup key lime juice
  • 5 large eggs
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • green food coloring (optional)

for the glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3-4 tablespoons key lime juice

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place rack in lowest position. Grease and flour a bundt pan or 2 loaf pans.
  2. In small bowl, combine buttermilk and lime juice, set aside.
  3. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time, beating well to fully combine. Combine flour, salt, baking soda and powder in separate bowl, stir to combine. Add flour and buttermilk mixtures to butter mixture, alternating, starting and ending with flour. Do not overmix. Add in food coloring, stir just to combine. Spoon batter into prepared pan(s). Bake for 50-60 minutes, testing with a toothpick for doneness.
  4. Remove from oven and let rest in pan for 15 minutes before inverting onto cooling rack to cool completely.
  5. Prepare glaze by combining powdered sugar and lime juice to a thick pouring consistency. Drizzle over cooled cake. Let cake set for 30 minutes before serving.

Key Lime Pound Cake-a nice change up from the same old lemon!

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  1. Renee says

    I feel the same as you, those cupcake shops charge a lot for a little cupcake and you can make something even better at home. Your cake is such a pretty green color. It has me looking forward to St. Pat’s and spring even more.

  2. kelly @ kellybakes says

    ha! I love your comment about harming any key limes 😉 There’s a few cupcake places here in Philly that make delicious cupcakes, but most of them are $4/cupcake! Granted, some of them have fancy flavors, but I feel like I’m paying for a ton of frosting and I don’t even like a lot on my cupcakes to begin with! /endrant. Anyway, this is a gorgeous poundcake and I’m sure it would also translate beautifully to cupcakes! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

  3. Jocelyn says

    Most cupcake places around us are at least $4 a cupcake too. Insane amount for one cupcake that I can make at home too!!! This is such a fun cake! I love how bright green it is!!!

  6. Isabelle @ Crumb says

    I grabbed a bottle of key lime juice as a total impulse buy the other day. Obviously, this was the universe’s way of telling me that I should make this cake. (Well, either that, or the universe wants me to make key lime margaritas… I’m still trying to sort that out.)

  11. Nancy @ gottagetbaked says

    Joan, I hear ya, girl. I never buy cupcakes because they’re always overpriced and they have more sugar laden frosting than the cake portion. I’d much rather bake them myself! Good luck on replicating the cupcake. In the meantime, this pound cake looks divine! I loooooove pound cake and this looks perfectly moist, dense and flavourful. Not to mention that amazing green colour – so festive!

  13. Tiffany says

    I know, $5 dollars for a cupcake? Pu-lease. They cost like 60cents each to make.

    This is a PERFECT st. patty’s day treat! Yum!

  14. Kim Bee says

    This is spectacular lady. I love a good pound cake and key lime is perfect for St Patty’s Day. Green is good. Bring on the green.

    I swear I’m a sucker for the tiny little cupcakes with coloured sprinkles at the grocery store. I don’t know why but I occasionally indulge. It’s hard to say no. Now Starbucks, whole different story. I once paid $6 for a cupcake and it wasn’t that good.

  21. Rachel Willis says

    I totally agree with the whole “Not gonna pay that much when I can make a cupcake just as good” philosophy. One, OK. Because I like to support local, too. This is pretty amazing-looking pound cake!

  29. Erin D. says

    What a great color! And I love lime cupcakes. There’s an Epicurious recipe out there and it’s absolutely amazing but I’ll have to give this a try! Sounds and looks perfect for any day. 🙂

  30. Kamila Gornia says

    Gorgeous cake, the color is so intense! Makes it so perfect for ST Patty’s day for sure. Nice recipe!
    I saw this post on the Tuesday Talent Show linky party. I’d love for you to check out a recipe I linked up too, it’s perfect for Pi Day tomorrow- it’s a traditional Polish Apple Pie called Szarlotka but with less sugar than original. Hope you have a great rest of your day, dear! 🙂

  36. Kim Swenson says

    Ok, I made this wonderful looking cake yesterday and sadly it is very dry and not much flavor except for the frosting. Was there supposed to be a little oil in it or something? It looked beautiful and smelled really good while it was baking. I followed the recipe to the T. Any suggestions?

  41. Christopher-Duluth says

    Just Curious: Have ANY posters on here actually tried the cake. Yes, it looks and sounds great. But, is it? Please, provide feedback from those that have tasted it and not only from those that think its “pretty”. Loveya/meanit

  42. Donna says

    I made this cake yesterday, the only change I made was to add 2 teaspoons of key lime extract and lime zest to both the cake and icing. Added no food coloring. It is WONDERFUL!!!

  46. Peggy says

    This cake looks soooo good, I’m going to bake this one for sure, the recipe sounds great. Thank you.

  51. Donna says

    I made this recipe yesterday (two loaf pans) and went full color for St. Patrick’s! Instead of the glaze, I made an agave whipped cream and hubby loved it.

  53. melinda acord says

    I made this cake yesterday and although it looked and smelled wonderful it was jut a bit dry. I was hoping that storing it in an air tight container overnight would help with this sadly it’s still a bit on the dry side. I may try to bake again and use small pans or as cup cakes to cut baking time and see if it helps …I really want to like this cake

    • Joan Hayes says

      I’m sorry it didn’t turn out as you’d hoped. Cakes usually dry out when over baked. Maybe reduce the baking time by 5-10 minutes.

  54. Carol says

    Can you tell me which store you found the key lime juice in, and which section of the store? Thanks!

  55. joel says

    I made this at my wife’s behest, and it is pretty fantastic. I skipped the food coloring though. Gracias!

  56. Joann says

    Can’t wait to try this one!!!
    What about using true lime crystals instead
    Of the lime juice? We have access to this in
    Missouri

    • Joan Hayes says

      I’ve never heard of lime crystals but if it’s adding the lime flavor it should work just fine in place of the lime juice. You will want to add some water (the amount of the lime juice called for) to keep the right consistency of the batter.

  57. MARTHA VANCE says

    I have a recipe for apricot nectar pound cake but the inside is neon green and it is fantastic. My kids when they were in 4h and much younger, entered it with the new name ‘NEON POUND CAKE’. Needless to say the judges were in for a surprise when they cut into the pound cake. The flavor is delicious but I used green lime jello…..dry…..added to my cake mix and it is out of this world. If you wanted to sub the dry jello for the food coloring it might give that added lime flavor too. ***Note any dry jello can be added to a pound cake or cupcakes to get your desired color. Strawberry, orange, lemon, cherry, black berry, and others….but they all come out almost being NEON….they are beautiful. Just a suggestion…but your cake looks delicious and I am going to try it.

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