Key Lime Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons key lime juice (floribbean brand)
• 2 teaspoons lime rind, finely grated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon key lime juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees (f).
• 2 in a large bowl, using an electric mixer, cream together the sugar and butter.
• 3 beat until light and fluffy.
• 4 add key lime juice, lime rind and vanilla.
• 5 add one egg at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 6 mix in sour cream.
• 7 sift in flour and baking soda.
• 8 mix to blend thoroughly.
• 9 spoon batter into a greased 10" bundt pan or tube pan.
• 10 bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
• 11 cool on a wire rack for 15-20 minutes before turning cake out of pan.
• 12 meanwhile, make the glaze by combining confectioners' sugar and key lime juice.
• 13 mix until smooth.
• 14 pour glaze over warm cake.
• 15 let cool completely before serving.