Mile High Key Lime Pound Cake recipe
Mile High Keylime Pound Cake made with a cream cheese base and keylime extract. It's yellow and green inside for a bit of an Easter theme!
Servings: 20 people
Ingredients
- Pound Cake Ingredients:
- 4 c All Purpose Flour
- 4 c Granulated Sugar
- 2 c Unsalted Butter - room temperature
- 10 Eggs - room temperature
- 12 oz. Cream Cheese - room temperature
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 4 tsps Keylime Emulsion
- Green and Yellow Gel Food Coloring
- Glaze Ingredients:
- 2 ½ c Powdered Sugar
- 1 ½ c Heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon Keylime Emulsion
- ⅛ teaspoon Salt
- Green Gel Food Coloring
Instructions
- Pound Cake Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt and sit to the side.
- Using a hand or stand mixer, cream the butter together with the cream cheese. Then slowly add in the granulated sugar. Mix on medium speed until creamy, yet light and fluffy (approximately five minutes).
- Add the Keylime Emulsion to the batter.
- Then add the eggs to the bowl one at a time, mixing only until combined.
- Mix in the flour 1 c at a time, until combined into the batter.
- Separate your batter evenly into three separate bowls. Add your desired amount to food coloring to each bowl. (I started with two drops and added more if needed from there). Two will be green and one will be yellow (unless you choose different colors).
- Spray a 18-cup bundt pan with baking spray. First pour one bowl of green batter into the bundt pan and spread it evenly. Repeating with the yellow batter and then lastly add the other green batter. (Make sure to clean your tools between colors or use a new tool to prevent blending the colors).
- Bake the pound cake for about an hour and 30 minutes (or longer if needed). The cake is done once a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for 20 minutes before removing it from the pan. Allow it to cool completely before glazing.
- To make the glaze:
- In a bowl, using a hand or stand mixer, combine the powdered sugar, salt and Keylime emulsion.
- Slowly add in the heavy cream until the desired consistency is reached. Lastly mix in the food coloring. (Start with one to two drops of food coloring. Add more if needed to reach your desired color).
- Pour the glaze over the cake as you desire. Serve and enjoy!