Lemon Lime Pound Cake Loaf
This Lemon Lime Pound Cake Loaf is full of sweet and slightly tart flavor, thanks to fresh lemon and lime juices, and topped with a simple lemon and lime glaze!
Servings 10
Ingredients
For the pound cake:
- 2 sticks of butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 lemon juice + zest
- 1/2 lime juice + zest
For the glaze:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp. water
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 lemon juice + zest
- 1/2 lime juice + zest
Instructions
For the pound cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a loaf pan with cooking spray and/or parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together.
- Add the eggs, one at a time.
- Then, add the vanilla.
- Add one cup of the flour.
- Then, add the lemon and lime juices, plus a little zest from each.
- Last, add the other cup of flour and mix until smooth.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake.
- Cool on a wire rack.
For the glaze:
- In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar, water, vanilla, lemon and lime juices, plus a little zest from each.
- If the mixture is too thin, add a little more powdered sugar. If it's too thick, add a little more water.
- When glaze is the right consistency, pour over pound cake (using a wire rack with a plate or cookie sheet underneath). Pour excess glaze over the cake again.
- Allow the glaze to harden, then cut the loaf into slices.