Lime Pound Cake with Strawberry Sauce

*From Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade


Lime Pound Cake with Strawberry Sauce


1 (16 oz) boxes pound cake mix
1 1/3 cups water or whole milk (I used water)
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 large eggs
1 t. lime zest
1 T. lime juice
Strawberry Sauce (recipe follows)
Garnish: lime wedges and fresh strawberries


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a tube pan with nonstick baking spray with flour.


2. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, butter, and eggs; beat at low speed with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium, and beat for 2 minutes, stopping to scrape bowl as needed (batter will be thick). Stir in lime zest and lim juice. Spoon batter into prepared pan.


3. Bake for 1 hour and 10 mintues, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on a wire rack. Serve with Straberry Sauce. Garnish with lime wedeges and strawberries, if desired.




Strawberry Sauce


1 1/2 C fresh strawberries
1/3 cup sugar
2 t. lime zest


1. In the work bowl of a food processor, combine strawberries, sugar, and lime zest; process until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.

My take: This actually turned out pretty well, as evidenced by the fact that Jack and I ate the whole thing by ourselves! Over the course of a few days, of course. I did think the cake was a little dry - could have done with some sour cream or something.


Here are some pictures I took along the way:

Gathering my recipe and ingredients.

Prepared tube pan.

Zesting the lime.


Mixing all those ingredients together.

Adding the lime zest.

And the lime juice.

Time to bake it.

And ta da!

Making the tangy strawberry sauce.




And there you have it.