This Blueberry Lime Pound Cake is a cake you can make for a lot of occasions. It’s a nice snacking cake to have on hand. It’s beautiful to serve as dessert at a summer barbecue. And it would be nice for a wedding or baby shower too. This is a pound cake that is moist and delicious on its own, or you can add a little whipped cream and additional blueberries to bump up the “wow” factor. I spotted this recipe in an issue of Fine Cooking magazine many years ago, and I’ve made it quite a few times since then.
This is your typical pound cake recipe with added cream cheese. The only outlier is that you’ll take lime zest and sugar and combine those together to make a “lime sugar” to use in the recipe. Use a 12-cup bundt pan to bake your blueberry lime pound cake. When making the glaze for the cake, the consistency is important. You want it thick enough so that it sticks to the cake and runs down the side a little bit. If the glaze is too thin, it will just run down the cake and not leave much of a glaze behind on the cake.
About blueberries:
My fridge is always stocked with an abundance of fresh blueberries all summer long. My favorites are the big, fat juicy ones… the ones that taste amazing when tucked into a bowl of fresh fruit with a dollop of vanilla yogurt and a sprinkle of granola. Ideally, there should be a small splash of blueberry juice spilling into your mouth when you bite into a quality blueberry. Those are the best. Here’s a tip for you. When baking with blueberries (or any fruit), make sure that your fruit is at room temperature. Cold fruit straight from the refrigerator may prevent your dessert from baking evenly.
Why is it called a pound cake?
A pound cake is traditionally made with a pound of each of the following ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs and flour. This Blueberry Lime Pound Cake does not have that ratio, but it’s a dense, heavy cake that is more like a pound cake than a tender and light cake.
Why bake with room temperature ingredients?
You’ll notice in the recipe that it calls for using room temperature ingredients. A general rule for this is if a recipe calls for using room temperature ingredients, you should use room temperature ingredients. It’s not that the author of the recipe is trying to make your life difficult. There is actually some science behind the method of using room temperature ingredients in baking that makes sense. Using room temp ingredients will give your cakes a fluffier, lighter texture. Think about what it’s like when you try to beat cold butter with sugar… it’s a chunky mess, right? Room temperature ingredients will blend together more easily and give you a smoother batter. In other words, using room temperature ingredients can make a difference in a more positive outcome for your baked goods.
We love this Blueberry Lime Pound Cake! It’s very summery, moist and tastes fabulous. I think this cake tastes even better on day two. This recipe is a keeper. Enjoy!
Here are a few more recipes using blueberries that you might like to try:
Blueberry Zucchini Sheet Cake Lemon Blueberry Streusel Bars Blueberry Apple Crisp Blueberry Cobbler Best Ever Blueberry Cookies Raspberry- Blueberry Pie Baked Blueberry Fritter Bites Lemon Blueberry Custard Pie
