Recipe for cooking cream cheese pound cake with lime glaze
Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Buttery Pound Cakes
Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Lime Glaze
Have all ingredients at room temperature
For the cake
3 1/4 c. cake flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
18 Tbsp. (2 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter
8 oz. cream cheese
3 c. sugar
6 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
3 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
2 tsp. finely grated lime zest
For the glaze
1/4 c. fresh lime juice
3/4 c. sugar
Position a rack in the lower third of an oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Thoroughly grease and flour a 10-c. Bundt pan.
Cake: Over a sheet of wax paper, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; repeat until blended and set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the flat beater, beat the butter and cream cheese on med. speed until creamy and smooth, 30 to 40 seconds. Gradually add the sugar and continue beating, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl, until light and fluffy, about 5 mins..
Increase the speed to med.-high and add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl. Then beat in the vanilla and lime juice. Reduce the speed to low and fold in the flour mixture in three additions, blending each addition until just incorporated and stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the lime zest. Spoon the batter into the greased pan, making the sides about 1 in. higher than the center.
Bake until the cake is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Transfer the cake to a wire rack and cool upright in the pan for 10 mins..
To make the glaze, in a sm. bowl, whisk together the lime juice and sugar until blended. Set the rack over a sheet of wax paper, invert the pan onto the rack and lift off the pan. Generously brush the surface of the cake with the glaze. Let the cake cool completely before serving. Dust with powdered\sugar to serve.
Serves approximately 20.
