Lemon Lime Pound Cake

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Lemon Lime Pound Cake

Posted by Ree (The Pioneer Womanwebsite)

Oh, dear. Oh, my.

Oh, help.

Oh, BEHAVE!

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Okay, first of all: the intricate surface of this cake is not due to my superior cake sculpting skills.
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Its entirely due tothis beautiful, brilliant bundt pan,which I bought last week in a fit of culinary

impulse while at my favorite restaurant supply store in the big city. I had no idea what I was

going to do with it, I just knew I had to make it mine.

Yesterday after we got home from church, I decided to try it out using the classic 7-Up Cake

recipe many of us grew up with, whichI posted on this websiteseveral years ago. Its as moistand delicious as ever, and for this I gave it a little extra citrus twist, and wound up loving the

results.

Cmon! Lets make it!

I mean bake it!

Lets go.
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Start with 3 sticks of softened butter. And did you know that if you set cold butter on the

countertop above your dishwasher while it runs through the cycle, it hastens the softening

process?

Its true.


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To the 3 sticks of butter, add 3 cups of sugar. (Are we seeing a pattern here?)


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Cream the butter and the sugar together


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Then drop in 5 eggs, one at a time, mixing after each one.


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It helps to crack the eggs into a bowl or a small pitcher ahead of time. Lessens the likelihood that

youll drop some shell in there while the mixers going, which lessens the likelihood that youll

cuss.

Cussing while baking is banned in seventeen states. So the more you can do to prevent it, the

better off youll be!


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Mix this together until its all combined.


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Then, in a separate bowl, combine 3 cups of flour (seeing? pattern? here?) with a little salt and

add the dry mixture a cup at a time until its mixed together.


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Next, with the mixer on low, pour in some 7-Up! Or Sprite! Or Sierra Mist!

(OrOrange Crush, anyone?)

(You didnt hear that from me.)


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Finally, zest a lemon and a lime


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And mix it into the batter. Scrape the sides thoroughly, then mix it again until its all combined.


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Spray the crazy, wacky bundtpan (or any bundt pan) with baking spray


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Spoon all the batter into the pan


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Even out the top


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Then bake the cake for a good1 hour 10 minutesor a little longer if it needs it! (A toothpick inserted should not come out

totally clean; but it shouldnt be wet with batter.) Then let it cool in the pan for 15 minutes


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Before turning it out to coolcompletely.


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Magical! I love how evenly it browned, and how beautifully golden it is.

This pan is a revelation.


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When it was cool, I put it on a cake platter and got to work on the glaze.


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All I know is, something delicious needs to go in those crevices.


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For the glaze, I put some powdered sugar in a sifter with a dash of salt.


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Then, after sifting it, I threw in some more lemon and lime zest


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Squeezed in some lemon and lime juice


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And whisked it around to see where I was. It was almost perfect, but needed to be just a teeny bit

thinner.


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A tablespoon of water later, and it was just right!


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I just used a spoon to drizzle the glaze all over the place, getting it in all the crevices and letting

it drip everywhere.


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Then I sprinkled on some more zest just to make it purty.


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Honestly, in the end I reallycouldnt tell if it was scary or beautiful.


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So I think Ill just go with scary beautiful!


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And once I cut into a slice and remembered just how darn good this cake is, I really didnt care

what it looked like.


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This was delicious. The cakeis super moist, but the added zip of the lemon and lime zests really made it extra flavorful.


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And then you have the beautiful surface, which holds yummy little wells of the glaze.

Everyone in the Drummondhouse loved it!

(They just got a little tired of waiting so that I could snap a photo of every single slice.)

Enjoy this, friends! And be sure to head over toPioneer Woman Home and Gardento enter towin the beautiful bundt panand some other great baking stuff!
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Heres the handy dandy printable.

Recipe

Lemon-Lime Pound Cake

Prep Time:

15 Minutes

Cook Time:1 Hour15 Minutes

Difficulty:

EasyServings:

16

Ingredients

Cake

3 sticks Butter

3 cups Sugar 5 whole Eggs

3 cups All-purpose Flour

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 cup 7-up

1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest

1 Tablespoon Lime Zest

GLAZE

2 cups Powdered Sugar, Sifted

1/4 teaspoon Salt

1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest, Dried For At Least 30 Minutes

1 Tablespoon Lime Zest, Dried For At Least 30 Minutes 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

1 Tablespoon Lime Juice

1 Tablespoon Water + More As Needed

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.


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In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and

sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Combine flour and salt, then add it 1

cup at a time, mixing after each addition. With the mixer on low, slowly add the 7-Up untilcombined. Add 1 tablespoon of both lemon and lime zest and mix. Scrape the bowl and mix

again.

Thoroughly spray a bundt pan (I used a Jubilee bundt pan) with nonstick baking spray. Add large

spoonfuls of batter until the pan is filled, then even out the surface. Bake for 1 hour 10 to 1 hour

15 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and let it sit in the pan for 15 minutes. Carefully turnit out onto a cake plate and let it cool.

Combine all the glaze ingredients in a bowl and gently whisk until thick but pourable. Use alarge spoon to drizzle it all over the cake. Let the glaze set, then slice and serve!

Optional: Sprinkle with a little extra lemon and lime zest.

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