Cherry Pound Cake with Lime Glaze - A buttery pound cake filled with fresh cherries, baked to a dense perfection and drizzled with a lime glaze. Easily portable making it easy for packing in lunches, it's also a great afternoon snack or after dinner dessert.
❤️ Why you'll love it
Classic Pound Cake: this cherry pound cake has that old fashioned pound cake texture.
Dessert or Snack: this pound cake makes the perfect dessert or afternoon snack with a hot cup of tea!
Portable: this is a dessert that is easily portable making it perfect for potlucks, picnics, and reunions.
🥘 Ingredients
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Fresh cherries, pits removed
Fresh limes: for juice and zest
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9x12 loaf pans with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, using a hand mixer at medium speed, mix butter, sugar, and 1 tablespoon of lime zest until fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring until combined.
- Using a wooden spoon, fold in Greek yogurt and cherries. Divide batter between prepared pans.
- Bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let cake cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove pound cake from pans and cool completely.
- Once cakes are cooled, in a small bowl, mix together the confectioner’s sugar, lime juice and 1 tablespoon lime zest. Drizzle onto cakes prior to serving.
🥄 Equipment
Mixing bowls
Electric mixer
Wooden spoon
Cooling rack
Large rubber scraper
🥫Storage
Room temperature: store in an airtight container up to 4 days.
Freezer: store in a freezer safe airtight container up to 3 months.
📖 Variations
- Substitute maraschino cherries for the fresh cherries. You can also substitute blueberries, blackberries, raspberries or strawberries.
- Add a teaspoon of almond extract to enhance the flavor of the cherries in the pound cake.
💭 Tips
- Be sure to cream the butter, sugar, and eggs well. This beats air into the batter, increasing volume and texture.
📚 Related Recipes
Blueberry fans will love this Blueberry Pound Cake.
🍽 Serve with...
Serve pound cake as dessert with a scoop of ice cream or as a snack with a glass of milk, hot cup of coffee, or hot tea.
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📖 Recipe
Cherry Pound Cake with Lime Glaze
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Ingredients
- 1½ cups butter softened
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons lime zest divided
- 6 large eggs
- 3¼ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup fat-free Greek yogurt
- 1 cup chopped pitted fresh cherries
- 1½ cups confectioner’s sugar
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9X12 loaf pans with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix butter, sugar, and 1 tablespoon of lime zest with a hand mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating well until combined. Stir in Greek yogurt and cherries. Divide batter between prepared pans. - Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pans on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely on cooling racks.
- In a small bowl mix together the confectioner’s sugar, lime juice and 1
tablespoon lime zest. Drizzle onto cakes prior to serving.
Jan says
I don't have any 9 x 12 loaf pans. The largest I have are the 5 x 9. Would that make 3 loaves instead of the 2 you mention? I'm also assuming that the baking time would be less with the smaller loaves.
Thank you.
Mary Ellen says
I love this recipe Shelby! Wish I had a piece right now....
Terri Oliver Steffes says
First, thank you for visiting me! I had the banana pie in a jar. Second, this cherry loaf is beautiful and looks so moist and yummy! Thank you for sharing!
Cindys Recipes and Writings says
I love cake that holds it shape. The fruit and lime adds such great flavors too!
sarah says
Cherries are the best summer fruit!
Wendy, A Day in the Life on the Farm says
Oh my, this sounds wonderful!!
Shaina says
That is one gorgeous cake. I can almost taste how moist and delicious it is just by the photos!
Andrea Kruse says
This pound cake looks amazing! I have extra cherries in the kitchen and would love to make this. Yum!
Tara says
My daughter is loving pound cakes lately and she would devour this one!! Great recipe!
Chris Baccus says
Loving the use of cherries especially with all our local Farmer's Markets having them in season right now.
Liz says
Pound cake is one of my favorite desserts! And packed with sweet cherries??? Divine!!
Teri@The Freshman Cook says
Cherries are probably my favorite fruit to eat and bake with! Love this recipe, and the glaze sound wonderful!
Laura Dembowski says
Baking with fresh cherries is one of my favorite things. This looks so moist and I just want to reach through the screen and grab it 🙂
Marion@LifeTastesGood says
Oh my yumminess! I know I'll have some very happy friends when I bring this along to share. What a beautiful cake! I bet the fresh cherries put it over the top, and don't get me started on that delicious glaze!! Thanks for sharing, Shelby!