key lime cake i

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons grated key lime zest
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup key lime juice

Recipe

• cream together the butter or margarine and 3/4 cup sugar. beat until light and fluffy. separate the eggs. beat in the egg yolks one at a time, and add the key lime zest.
• sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. add these dry ingredients to the egg butter mixture, alternating with 1/2 cup key lime juice.
• beat the egg whites until stiff, and fold into the batter.
• pour batter into a well greased 10 inch bundt pan. bake for 30 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c), or until cake tests done. cool cake for 10 minutes in pan, and then invert cooling rack.
• to make key lime glaze: combine 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup key lime juice. simmer over medium low heat until a light syrup forms; this should take approximately 5 minutes. use glaze immediately. pour over still warm cake.