Description
This Cherry Limeade Pound Cake is bursting with sweet maraschino cherries and tangy lime zest, topped with a pink cherry-lime glaze. Perfectly moist and refreshing for summer gatherings.
Ingredients
1 ½ cups (3 sticks / 340 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 ½ cups (500 g) granulated sugar
6 large eggs, room temperature
1 tbsp vanilla extract
½ tsp almond extract
2 tbsp lime zest (about 2 limes)
¼ cup lime juice (2–3 limes)
½ cup (115 g) sour cream
3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour + 1 tbsp for cherries
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp kosher salt
1 ½ cups (242 g) maraschino cherries, chopped
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan.
2. Cream butter and sugar for 3–5 mins until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time. Mix well.
4. Add vanilla, almond extract, lime zest, juice, and sour cream.
5. Whisk flour, baking soda, salt in another bowl.
6. Mix dry into wet slowly. Don’t overmix.
7. Toss cherries with flour. Fold into batter.
8. Pour into pan. Bake 70–75 mins. Cool 15 mins, then invert.
Notes
To use fresh or frozen cherries, thaw and pat dry.
You can use two loaf pans instead of a Bundt.
Glaze after cooling for best results.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 659
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 33g
- Saturated Fat: 20g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 78g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 140mg