I'm completely swooning over this heavenly Luscious Coconut Lime Margarita Pound Cake! It has a velvety texture that's very light and lush with wonderful, subtle hints of lime, tequila and coconut! Plus we layered a Coconut Lime Margarita Glaze on top that is so amazing!
I know I swoon over pretty much everything when it comes to desserts, don't I? Well, there's a reason for that...I was born that way.
Must. Have. Dessert. 🙂 Besides, that's why we're here. Desserts.
And...We love pound cakes, and this is one is no exception to that rule.
Think of this cake as a margarita, when it comes to the lime zest and tequila.
Lime zest is optional. I added about a teaspoon, but you could add up to 1 tablespoon, depending on how much lime flavor you want to come through.
Tequila? Well sure! You could add a little more to come through the flavors. A little extra tequila never hurt anyone, but you just want to be careful you don't go overboard.
The glaze is where those infused lime and tequila flavors come through and I added coconut to the top of the cake to give it that tropical vibe.
I love coconut and lime together. Of course, coconut is optional, but it's pretty yummy. Add a pinch or two of some sea salt on top, again optional, but it all goes really, really well with the pound cake and whole margarita theme.
Thus Luscious Coconut Lime Margarita Pound Cake!
And, can you believe Cinco De Mayo is like next week?! Whaaa! That's where this wonderful cake comes in to play...right?
Heck, I'm thinking all spring and summer to bring this one out for BBQ's, Memorial Weekend, Mother's Day...and all the birthdays!! Let's Party!!
More Summer Fun Desserts!
- Frozen Key Lime Cream Pie
- Tropical Bliss Pineapple Coconut Banana Bread {Gluten Free}
- Strawberry Lime Margarita Jello Shots
- 2-Banana Banana Nut Bread
- Easy Creamy Lime Cheesecake Pie
- Strawberry Fluffy Lemon Cheesecake Delight
- Lemon Layered Pudding Cheesecake Bars
- Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake - Sugar-Free Option
- Pineapple Express Margarita
- Mexican Spiced Brownies!
Luscious Coconut Lime Margarita Pound Cake
Ingredients
Lime Pound Cake
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 ¼ cups Butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 large eggs room temp
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup almond milk or milk of choice
- ¼ cup lime juice
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Optional: 1 tablespoon lime zest I used 1 teaspoon
- Optional : 1 - 2 tablespoon Tequila
Coconut Lime Margarita Glaze:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- juice of 1 lime
- 1-2 tablespoons heavy cream or milk
- ¼ cup shredded coconut
- Optional: 1 - 2 tablespoon Tequila
- Optional: 1 - 2 pinches of sea salt
Instructions
Lime Pound Cake
- Preheat oven to 350° Grease and flour a bundt or angel food cake pan.
- Place flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl; set aside.
- Using a mixer, beat sugar and butter together until creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time mixing in each egg well. Then add vanilla.
- Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
- Mix in the lime and lemon juice and zest. (Add tequila as optional)
- Scoop batter into pan evenly.
- Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes.
- Cool completely before serving or glazing.
Coconut Lime Margarita Glaze:
- Using a mixer, mix together powdered sugar, lime juice, tequila and heavy cream or milk until smooth and pourable.
- Pour glaze over the cooled cake, using a rubber spatula to spread the glaze evenly, then force glaze to outside some to let it drip down the cake.
- Sprinkle with shredded coconut if desired.
- Sprinkle with some pinches of sea salt if desired.
- Let glaze setup completely before slicing.
- Store in airtight container.
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe adapted from KEY LIME POUND CAKE
Kim Lange says
I'm so glad you enjoyed it Greer! Thank you so much for commenting. I used an angel food cake pan for this pound cake. 😉 Happy Holidays!
Greer says
I've made this twice now- once as written and once minus the lime juice and with gluten free flour to use in a trifle- and both times it has turned out incredibly delicious. I think your bundt pan must be a lot bigger than mine though because out of the first lot of batter I made 1 bundt, 1 loaf, and 6 mini bundts! I also really liked that they kept very well, the sponge didn't dry out in the cupboard and I think the flavour may have even improved over the week.
Kim Lange says
Updated Sheri! Thanks for pointing that out! Hope you enjoy!! xo
Sheri says
Hi. You are missing some of the instructions, but I was able to figure it out. Lemon juice is an ingredient but you don’t say to add it. You don’t say to add the milk to the egg mixture and alternately mix it with the flour, you only say alternate the milk with the flour.
I haven’t started making it yet, I’ll let you know how it comes out.
Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
My margarita loving mama would approve of this cake!! Sounds so yummy! I'll take two slices please! XOXO
ChocolaTess says
Sure that would be awesome Sharon! 🙂
Sharon says
I only have Crème de Tequila. Can I use that in place of the regular tequila?
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
I love how moist this looks and the flavors are on point for Cinco de Mayo!! I love me a good pound cake and this doesn’t disappoint!!
2pots2cook says
Tequila cake ? Cinco de Mayo ? Kim darling, you just made me a good excuse to stop eating all those vegetables to get into shape ! Again ! Thank you and enjoy the day 🙂
Maria | kitchenathoskins says
I have a big weakness for pound cakes. This pound cake sounds so delicious (how can you go wrong with margarita after all) and I really can't get over the texture, it looks so moist and ULTIMATE. It's a dangerous one to have around me, I might polish off the entire cake all by myself.
ChocolaTess says
Thank you Christina! It's so good! I hope you try it! Have a great weekend!
Christina says
Holy mother of cake, this recipe looks fantastic! I'm about to embark on a no sugar diet for awhile so I better make this puppy before starting my diet!!! I'm in love!
ChocolaTess says
Yum...margaritas sound so tempting right now and perfect for Cinco de Mayo! Thank you Katherine! xo
Katherine | Love In My Oven says
Soooo perfect for Cinco de Mayo!! I just want a giant margarita with a big slice of this cake. Yum!!!
ChocolaTess says
I so agree! Wouldn't that be fun!!?? Of course, we must have real margaritas too Kelsie! 🙂
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says
So I think we need to have a party with this pound cake and my cupcakes. Like a Cinco de Mayo dessert exchange or something :). This sound fabulous!
ChocolaTess says
It is soooo good Heather! Guess we'll live vicariously on vacation through this cake. 😉 Happy Wednesday!!
heather (delicious not gorgeous) says
THIS SOUNDS SO GOOD AHHHH. i love the texture of pound cake, and all those tropical flavors are making me forget that i'm not on vacation right now (;