key lime rum pound cake
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Lime and Rum....Am I in the bahamas somewhere!!
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yield
12 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr 25 Min
Ingredients For key lime rum pound cake
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3 call-purpose flour
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1/2 tspbaking powder
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1/2 cshortening
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1 cbutter
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2 csugar
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5eggs
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2 Tbsprum, or rum extract
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2 tspkey lime juice
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1 Tbspgrated key lime zest
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1 1/2 tspvanilla extract
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1 cbuttermilk
- BUTTER GLAZE
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1/4 csugar
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1/4 cbutter
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2 Tbspkey lime juice
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3 Tbsprum
How To Make key lime rum pound cake
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1Preheat oven to 325 degrees.Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Stir the flour and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Cream the shortening with 1 cup butter and 2 cups sugar in a large mixing bowl until light colored and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time until mixture is light colored. Stir in 2 tablespoons rum, 2 teaspoons Key lime juice, Key lime zest, and vanilla extract until thoroughly blended. Stir in the flour mixture alternating with the milk. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
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2Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 90 minutes. Meanwhile, make the glaze by creaming 1/4 cup sugar with 1/4 cup butter in a small saucepan until light colored and fluffy. Stir in 2 tablespoons Key lime juice until evenly blended. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and stir in 3 tablespoons rum.
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3While cake is still in pan, poke holes in cake and drizzle warm butter glaze all over the top. Let sit in pan for 5 min. Then turn out onto platter.
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