Luscious Coconut Lime Margarita Pound Cake
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!
Servings: 12
Calories: 567kcal
Ingredients
Lime Pound Cake
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 ¼ cups Butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 large eggs room temp
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup almond milk or milk of choice
- ¼ cup lime juice
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Optional: 1 TBSP lime zest I used 1 teaspoon
- Optional : 1 - 2 TBSP 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 TBSP 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
Also makes 2 loaf pans 50-60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Nutrition
Calories: 567kcal | Carbohydrates: 95g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 224mg | Potassium: 93mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 71g | Vitamin A: 590IU | Vitamin C: 1.8mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1.5mg