This extremely moist and flavorful Margarita Pound Cake is the right dessert for entertaining.
It’s buttery and decadent with scrumptious taste from the margarita combine within the cake batter. After baking, we brushed the highest and sides of the nice and cozy cake with a tequila lime glaze.
Components for Margarita Pound Cake
This is a fast take a look at our star elements for as we speak’s cake. You will discover the full, printable recipe on the backside of this put up.
- Butter- We use unsalted since we add our salt individually
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Cake Flour-Makes for a young crumb
- Baking Powder and Salt
- Frozen (thawed) Margarita Combine (We used Bacardi)
- Lemon Extract -optional, however offers an additional increase of taste
- Lime and Lemon Zest (You may substitute orange zest for the lemon if you would like)
- Tequila Lime Glaze (tequila, lime juice, water, and butter)
- Sugar Glaze/Drizzle for adornment
Find out how to Make a Margarita Pound Cake
You will discover the full, printable cake recipe on the backside of this put up. Here’s a fast take a look at our steps!
- Grease and flour a tube pan. (Ours was a ten inch pan with baking capability of 12 cups)
- Preheat the oven to 325℉.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, and salt to mix, put aside for later.
- Utilizing an electrical mixer (paddle attachment if utilizing a stand mixer), cream the butter on medium pace till clean. Subsequent, steadily add the sugar and blend on medium pace till gentle and fluffy for 3 to five minutes.
- Add the eggs one after the other, mixing after every till the yolk is mixed.
- In a measuring cup or bowl, mix the thawed margarita combine with the milk, lemon zest, lime zest, lemon extract, and vanilla extract.
- With the mixer on low pace, add the flour combination alternately with the margarita combination to the butter/sugar/egg combination within the mixing bowl. Start and finish with the dry elements. We do three additions of dry, alternating with two additions of moist.
- Scoop batter into ready bundt pan.
- Bake at 325 levels F for one hour and 5-10 minutes or till a toothpick comes out clear. *Baking occasions might range and so peek in as the top time approaches and regulate time as wanted. *Begin making the tequila lime glaze over the last ten minutes or so of baking the cake.
- Take away the freshly baked cake from the oven and brush solely the highest for now (we used a silicone pastry brush) with a lightweight coating of the tequila lime glaze. Enable cake to chill for about quarter-hour earlier than turning it out onto a cake plate.
After turning out the cake onto the cake plate, proceed brushing all sides with a lightweight coating of the Tequila Lime Glaze. The cake continues to be heat at this level and the glaze soaks in simply. *I did not use the entire glaze.
This imparts a lightweight tequila flavor- it’s not in any respect overpowering.
Sugar Glaze
After brushing the cake with tequila lime glaze and permitting it to soak up, we drizzled over the cake with a easy sugar glaze. It’s a mixture of confectioners sugar, a little bit of tequila and/or lime juice, and a pinch of salt.
You may spoon the glaze over the cooled cake, or you possibly can spoon it right into a disposable piping bag with the tip snipped away for much more management.
If you would like, prime with lemon and lime zest. Get pleasure from!
Cannot discover Margarita Combine?
Our native grocery shops carry frozen Bacardi Margarita Combine year-round. Nonetheless, if you cannot discover it or wish to go one other route, attempt our scrumptious Key Lime Pound Cake recipe and brush it with the tequila lime glaze.
Extra Occasion Desserts
We have made numerous social gathering desserts or “boozy desserts” over time, together with Margarita Cupcakes with Tequila Lime Buttercream, Pina Colada Cake, and Limoncello Bundt Cake. Listed below are only a few of our favorites!
Thanks a lot for stopping by as we speak! Be sure to take a look at our full assortment of cake recipes and free cake adorning tutorials!
Tequlia Lime Glaze (for brushing onto heat cake)
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Grease and flour a tube pan. (Ours was a ten inch pan with baking capability of 12 cups)
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Preheat the oven to 325℉.
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In a separate bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, and salt to mix, put aside for later.
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Utilizing an electrical mixer (paddle attachment if utilizing a stand mixer), cream the butter on medium pace till clean. Subsequent, steadily add the sugar and blend on medium pace till gentle and fluffy for 3 to five minutes.
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Add the eggs one after the other, mixing after every till the yolk is mixed.
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In a measuring cup or bowl, mix the thawed margarita combine with the milk, lemon zest, lime zest, lemon extract, and vanilla extract.
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With the mixer on low pace, add the flour combination alternately with the margarita combination to the butter/sugar/egg combination within the mixing bowl. Start and finish with the dry elements. We do three additions of dry, alternating with two additions of moist.
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Scoop batter into ready bundt pan.
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Bake at 325 levels for 1 hour and 5-10 minutes or till a toothpick comes out clear. *Baking occasions might range and so peek in as the top time approaches and regulate time as wanted. *Begin making the tequila lime glaze over the last 10 minutes or so of baking the cake (See Tequila Lime Glaze Directions Under).
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Take away the freshly baked cake from the oven and brush the highest with a lightweight coating of the tequila lime glaze. Enable cake to chill for about quarter-hour earlier than turning it out onto a cake plate.
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Brush the highest and sides with tequila lime glaze utilizing a pastry brush. Enable to soak in earlier than including the ornamental white sugar glaze drizzle. *We did not use the entire tequila lime glaze.
Sugar Glaze/Drizzle
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Mix elements (confectioners sugar, tequila/lime juice, zest, pinch of salt) stirring till clean. Whether it is too thick, add a bit extra juice or tequila. If too skinny, add extra confectioners sugar. Cowl with plastic wrap till prepared to make use of.
Adorning the Cake
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After brushing the cake with the Tequila Glaze and permitting it to soak in, you possibly can apply the sugar glaze/drizzle. You may spoon it over the cake or spoon it right into a disposable piping bag with the tip snipped away if you would like extra management. Sprinkle with lime zest if you would like.
Bundt Pan: Our bundt pan has a baking capability of 12 cups and measures about 10 inches. If you’re working with a smaller pan, it can take longer to bake. Watch out to not overfill. (Common rule of thumb: do not fill pan previous â…” full)
Cannot discover Margarita Combine? Our native grocery shops carry frozen Bacardi Margarita Combine year-round. Nonetheless, if you cannot discover it or wish to go one other route, attempt our scrumptious Key Lime Pound Cake recipe and brush it with the tequila lime glaze.
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This recipe makes about 8 cups of batter.
