Key Lime Pound Cake
Course
Cakes & Cookies
Ingredients
1
cup
organic butter, softened
1/2
cup
lard, softened*
3
cups
maple sugar (or sweetener of choice)
6
large organic or pastured eggs
3
cups
sprouted white wheat, brown rice, or sorghum flour
1
teaspoon
aluminum-free baking powder
1/4
teaspoon
Celtic salt
1
cup
organic whole milk
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
1
teaspoon
lime zest (I use 1 tablespoon for a nice lime zing)
1/4
cup
fresh Key lime juice
* If substituting coconut oil for lard, reduce amount to ΒΌ cup + 1 tablespoon
Key Lime Glaze
1
cup
Powdered rapadura
2
tablespoons
fresh Key lime juice
1/2
teaspoon
vanilla extract
Whisk together all ingredients until smooth. Pour over cooled cake immediately.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease and flour a 12-cup tube pan.
In a large bowl, beat butter and lard at medium speed (can use stand mixer, hand mixer, or mix by hand) until creamy.
Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
Stir together sprouted flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
Stir in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice. Pour batter into tube pan.
Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 1 hour and 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.
Remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely.